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Blueberry Pancakes

Pancakes have been a popular American breakfast since colonial cooks discovered that one of their favorite old-country recipes tasted even better topped with the maple syrup of their new home. Here is perhaps the ultimate version, studded with blueberries, slathered with butter and dripping with syrup.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Flour and buttermilk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,667 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By williamssonoma. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Flour + buttermilktop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,667 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Sugar + maple syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,252 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Flour + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Sugar + buttermilktop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Egg + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together118,511 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

Flour and butter share little aroma chemistry, yet 122,858 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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