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Monica Galetti's Sweetcorn Fritters with Greek Yoghurt Recipe

Corn fritters are a brilliant snack. They're incredibly moreish and go great with a range of dips – experiment and find your favourite!

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Chive and horseradish match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 113 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Monica Galetti's Sweetcorn Fritters with Greek Yoghurt Recipe

4 people
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

760Calories
30 gProtein
16 gFat
125 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Horseradishnot 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 lovefood. 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. Chive + horseradishtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Chive + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Chive + corntop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together133 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Horseradish + flourtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together743 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Milk + corntop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,955 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

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

Swap the horseradish

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chive, flour, egg, milk, corn):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Asparagusfits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Horseradishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chive, flour, egg, milk, corn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.