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Orange Spice Banana Bread

Traditional banana bread is given a twist with the addition of orange juice and exotic spices.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Orange Spice Banana Bread

Why it works: Cardamom and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 872 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Orange Spice Banana Bread

Serves 12
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

938Calories
23 gProtein
21 gFat
167 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
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Orange Oil1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cardamom + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together872 recipes

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

  2. Cardamom + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,114 recipes

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

  3. Coriander + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Orange + cardamomtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together228 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,833 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, egg, orange, flour, cardamom, coriander, ginger):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, egg, orange, flour, cardamom, coriander, ginger. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.