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Buckwheat-Blueberry Pancakes

Buckwheat flour lends flavor and whole-grain goodness to a classic pancake recipe, while tart-sweet blueberries give the tender pancakes bursts of fruit flavor. If you have extra fresh berries on hand, use them as a garnish. Freeze leftover pancakes in a sealable plastic bag, between sheets of waxed paper, for up to 1 month.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Buckwheat-Blueberry Pancakes

Why it works: Flour and buckwheat work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 660 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Buckwheat-Blueberry Pancakes

Serves 6.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

937Calories
28 gProtein
28 gFat
142 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Buckwheatnot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Flour + buckwheattop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,721 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Canola oil + maple syruptop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Buckwheat + canola oiltop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

Flour and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the buckwheat

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, egg, buttermilk, canola oil, maple syrup):

  1. Buckwheatthe original
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Jalapenofits about as well
  4. Cinnamonfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, buttermilk, canola oil, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.