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Rice, Oat, and Almond Crust

"A pie crust made without wheat or dairy. Note: Sucanat (dried cane juice granules) has the same properties as brown sugar, but is sweeter and stronger flavored, requiring less. Can be bought in health food stores."

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Rice, Oat, and Almond Crust

Why it works: Almond and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 203 recipes. Both carry acetylpyrazine, which smells roast. The science ↓

Rice, Oat, and Almond Crust

1 -9-inch pie crust

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

942Calories
23 gProtein
18 gFat
167 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 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
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Almond + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

  2. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Flour + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Oats + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  5. Rice + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,456 recipes

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

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

Swap the sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, rice, flour, almond):

  1. Cashew nutfits better
  2. Flaxseedfits better
  3. Mixed nutsfits better
  4. Sesamethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, rice, flour, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.