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First Prize Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp

"I came across this recipe in a magazine, and with a few adjustments I was able to make it into a delicious crisp. It goes great with vanilla ice cream and one can also alter the recipe to make a mango raspberry crisp which is just as delightful! Optional: sprinkle the top with a handful of rolled oats and brown sugar."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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First Prize Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp

Why it works: Flour and rhubarb match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 670 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

First Prize Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp

10 servings
Prep20 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

809Calories
20 gProtein
16 gFat
147 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Rhubarbnot in our table0
Waternot 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 allrecipes. 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 + rhubarbtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together670 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Oats + rhubarbtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92 recipes

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

  3. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Oats + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,939 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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 rhubarb

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, flour, sugar, butter):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Rhubarbthe original
  4. Gingerfits less well

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