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Banana, Blueberry and Pecan Pancakes

This delicious dairy-free, egg-free recipe is jam packed with good ingredients. A scoop of coconut ice cream will turn them into a feel-good pudding, too.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Coconut and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 934 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Banana, Blueberry and Pecan Pancakes

Makes 8 small pancakes
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1213Calories
24 gProtein
34 gFat
210 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Banana + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together549 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Oats + coconuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together522 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Oats + bananatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together288 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

  5. Banana + limetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together167 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, banana, coconut, milk, sugar, maple syrup):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, banana, coconut, milk, sugar, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.