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Sweet Banana and Maple Pancakes with Blueberries and Pecans

This gluten-free take on the classic pancake is perfect with sliced bananas, berries and toasted nuts. They also work brilliantly with lemon and sugar. The simple and effective mix of gluten-free flours in this recipe will also work for most baking recipes.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Sweet Banana and Maple Pancakes with Blueberries and Pecans

Why it works: Banana and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 549 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Sweet Banana and Maple Pancakes with Blueberries and Pecans

Makes 6 pancakes
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1235Calories
24 gProtein
34 gFat
213 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Almond Milk1 cup (240ml) unsweetened30
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Rapeseed Oilnot 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. Banana + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together549 recipes

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

  2. Almond + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  3. Rice + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Flour + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Coconut + pecanstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together394 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, flour, almond, milk, coconut, pecans, maple syrup):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, flour, almond, milk, coconut, pecans, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.