Why it works: French toast and cinnamon work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 17 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 4Ingredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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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.
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French toast + cinnamontop 10% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together17 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Bread + buttertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,145 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Cinnamon + appletop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,586 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
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Wheat + cinnamontop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together537 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
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Cream + buttertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together41,494 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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