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Pumpkin and Sunflower Seed Savoury Biscuits

Seeds and sun-dried tomatoes add flavour and texture to these cheesy wholemeal biscuits.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Caraway and rye share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 87 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Pumpkin and Sunflower Seed Savoury Biscuits

Makes about 18 biscuits
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1082Calories
31 gProtein
40 gFat
146 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 17 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Rye1 slice (32g)83
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Caraway Seednot in our table0
Blackcurrantnot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Seednot 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 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. Caraway + ryetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Caraway + flourtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Rye + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,320 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Rye + pumpkintop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, sugar, caraway, red wine, vinegar, rye, flour):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, sugar, caraway, red wine, vinegar, rye, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.