Name: Jewish Rye Bread
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 2 small loaves
Ingredients: 1½ tablespoons active dry yeast; 1½ cups warm water (110 degrees F); 2 cups first clear flour; 1½ cups rye flour; 1½ cups; 1½ tablespoons salt; 2½ tablespoons caraway seeds (optional, use more or less if you'd like)

Why it works: Rye and caraway share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 87 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Jewish Rye Bread

2 small loaves

Prep30 min

Cook1 hr

Ingredients

1½ tablespoons active dry yeast
1½ cups warm water (110 degrees F)
2 cups first clear flour
1½ cups rye flour
1½ cups
1½ tablespoons salt
2½ tablespoons caraway seeds (optional, use more or less if you'd like)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

538Calories

16 gProtein

2 gFat

110 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Rye	1 slice (32g)	83
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Caraway 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 browneyedbaker. 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.

Rye + carawaytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together87 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Flour + carawaytop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,435 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour + ryetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,320 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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