Name: Seeded Popovers
Prep time: 65 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: Makes 6-8 large popovers, or more smaller ones..
Ingredients: 2 cups / 475 ml whole milk; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 2 cups / 9 ounces / 255 g unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 1/4 teaspoons fine grain sea salt; 3/4 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 cup / 1.5 oz / 45 g raw, uncooked millet seeds*; 2 tablespoons / .5 oz / 15 g toasted sesame seeds*; 2 tablespoons / .5 oz / 15 g toasted sunflower seeds*; 5 large eggs, room temperature(!)

Why it works: Sesame and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 172 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Seeded Popovers

Makes 6-8 large popovers, or more smaller ones..

Prep65 min

Cook50 min

Ingredients

2 cups / 475 ml whole milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 cups / 9 ounces / 255 g unbleached all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons fine grain sea salt
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup / 1.5 oz / 45 g raw, uncooked millet seeds*
2 tablespoons / .5 oz / 15 g toasted sesame seeds*
2 tablespoons / .5 oz / 15 g toasted sunflower seeds*
5 large eggs, room temperature(!)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

949Calories

33 gProtein

40 gFat

114 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Sunflower	1 oz (28g) hulled	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Millet	not in our table	0
Seed	not in our table	0
Toasted Sesame Seed	not in our table	0

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

By 101cookbooks. 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.

Sesame + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together172 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Millet + sunflowertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Millet + sesametop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together13 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Flour + millettop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together67 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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 (milk, butter, flour, millet, sunflower, egg):

Almondfits better
Cashew nutfits better
Flaxseedfits better
Sesamethe original

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

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