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Apple Crumble with Walnuts and Sunflower Seeds

The apples and the nutty topping are cooked separately in Mary Berry’s unusual crumble, producing an exceptional crunch.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Apple Crumble with Walnuts and Sunflower Seeds

Why it works: Walnut and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 129 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Apple Crumble with Walnuts and Sunflower Seeds

Serves 6
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1058Calories
26 gProtein
32 gFat
170 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcfood. 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. Walnut + sunflowertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together129 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Lemon + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together352 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Oats + sunflowertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together142 recipes

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

  4. Oats + walnuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together554 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Lemon + walnuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the apple

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

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Applethe original

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