Why it works: Wheat and banana match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 127 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl isobutyrate, which smells flower. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
In large bowl, lightly beat 1 egg. To beaten egg, add ingredients 2-5, and beat gently until smooth. In medium bowl, combine flour, wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Add dry ingredients to egg mixture. Stir only until combined. Mash ripe banana (the riper the better) in bowl with fork, till well pureed. Add pureed banana to mix and stir, just until mixed. Pour into greased 8
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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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Wheat + bananatop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together127 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl isobutyrate (flower).
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Wheat + flaxseedtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together68 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
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Buttermilk + flourtop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together3,667 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Sugar + buttermilktop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,973 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Flour + wheattop 7% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together4,327 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the flaxseed
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, sugar, buttermilk, flour, wheat, banana):
- Almondbetter flavor fit
- Walnutabout as good a flavor fit
- Peanutabout as good a flavor fit
- Flaxseedthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sugar, buttermilk, flour, wheat, banana. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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