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Fudgy Teff Brownies

Gluten-free Fudgy Teff Brownies: simple brownie recipe that you will want a tall glass of cold milk to go with it. Well, you could have them with a cup of coffee and have them for breakfast too. I won’t judge.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Teff and flour share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 24 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (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 350°F (175°C). Grease an 8-inch square pan with a little of the butter.

  2. Set a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Add the remaining butter and the chocolate chips, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.

  3. Whisk the sugar, cocoa powder, salt and instant espresso powder into the warm chocolate mixture until fully combined.

  4. Whisk in the lightly beaten eggs and vanilla until the batter is glossy and smooth.

  5. Fold in the teff flour with a spatula just until no dry streaks remain. Do not overmix.

  6. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.

  7. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the edges are set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs, not wet batter.

  8. Cool in the pan for at least 30 minutes, then cut into 8 squares.

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. Teff + flourtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Chocolate + cocoa powdertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,587 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Chocolate + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,018 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Cocoa powder + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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