Why it works: Banana and chia work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 43 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
The recipe
Makes 10 to 12 pancakesIngredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat, peanut (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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Banana + chiatop 6% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together43 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Butter + milktop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together81,222 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Flour + chiatop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together47 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Peanut + bananatop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together308 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Milk + bananatop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,464 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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