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Sunflower Almond Wheat Bread

"This is an adaptation of a simple wheat bread recipe. It's made with ground sunflower kernels and almond oil. It's fairly dense and very filling,"

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Sunflower Almond Wheat Bread

Why it works: Sunflower and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Sunflower Almond Wheat Bread

1 - 9x5 inch loaf
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

944Calories
27 gProtein
37 gFat
126 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
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Seednot 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.

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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. Sunflower + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Sunflower + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together78 recipes

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

  4. Milk + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  5. Wheat + almondtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together264 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 almond

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

  1. Almondthe original
  2. Chickpeafits about as well
  3. Chestnutfits about as well
  4. Milletfits about as well

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