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Chunky Chai Chia Granola

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Why it works: Almond and chia share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 68 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 10
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 300°F (150°C) and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk the egg whites until frothy, then whisk in the honey, canola oil, cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, ginger and nutmeg until smooth.

  3. Stir in the rolled oats, sliced almonds, flax meal and chia seeds until every piece is evenly coated.

  4. Spread the mixture thinly on the baking sheet and press it flat so that clusters will form.

  5. Bake for 15 minutes, then stir well, spread it out again and bake 10 to 15 minutes more until golden and the egg whites are fully set.

  6. Let the granola cool completely on the pan, then break it into chunks.

By tastykitchen. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Almond + chiatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Cinnamon + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,299 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the allspice

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, almond, chia, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg):

  1. Clovebetter flavor fit
  2. Allspicethe original
  3. Cuminabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Turmericabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, almond, chia, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).