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Hot Cross Bun Stuffed French Toast

Hot cross buns with cream cheese, marmalade and an egg mixture, baked and served with maple syrup for Easter Sunday brunch. Prepare the night before and bake the morning of.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Hot Cross Bun Stuffed French Toast

Why it works: Nutmeg and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Hot Cross Bun Stuffed French Toast

Serves 8
Prep20 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

406Calories
17 gProtein
24 gFat
32 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Nutmeg + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Orange + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Orange + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,746 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Milk + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Cream cheese + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,393 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, egg, milk, nutmeg, cinnamon):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, egg, milk, nutmeg, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.