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Sam's Biscuit Garlic Monkey Bread

"A garlic version of the sweet confection made easy! And, by the way...Sam is my mom!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Sam's Biscuit Garlic Monkey Bread

Why it works: Mustard and biscuit match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 121 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Sam's Biscuit Garlic Monkey Bread

1 9x13-inch pan
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

505Calories
14 gProtein
40 gFat
24 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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

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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. Mustard + biscuittop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Garlic + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Mustard + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together180 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Garlic + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Biscuit + sesametop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the sesame

The recipe marks sesame as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, garlic, mustard, biscuit, parmesan cheese):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Sesamethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, garlic, mustard, biscuit, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.