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Gluten-Free Buckwheat Pancakes

Buckwheat gives these pancakes incredible flavor. These pancakes are light and thin rather than heavy and cakey. For pancakes that are even lighter in texture and flavor, use half all purpose (Adrianna’s suggestion) or whole wheat pastry flour (my default flour).

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Gluten-Free Buckwheat Pancakes

Why it works: Sugar and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Gluten-Free Buckwheat Pancakes

Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1010Calories
29 gProtein
26 gFat
163 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
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 cookieandkate. 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. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  2. Buckwheat + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Sugar + buttermilktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Vanilla + maple syruptop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together752 recipes

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

  5. Vanilla + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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 (sugar, buttermilk, egg, vanilla, butter, maple syrup):

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

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