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Mom's Hazelnut Special

"This is a bread machine recipe developed by my very talented mother, who grew up in Oregon, the Filbert (or Hazelnut) capital of the world! This bread has won raves from those who don't even like whole wheat bread."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Mom's Hazelnut Special

Why it works: Sesame and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 172 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Mom's Hazelnut Special

1 - 1 pound loaf

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

908Calories
18 gProtein
42 gFat
114 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Hazelnutnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Sesame + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Sesame + hazelnuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  3. Sunflower + hazelnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Wheat + sesametop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Wheat + sunflowertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together78 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the hazelnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, flour, wheat, sesame, sunflower, sugar):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Hazelnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, flour, wheat, sesame, sunflower, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.