Why it works: Flour and bulgur share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Multi-grain Dog Biscuit Treats
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Combine, in a big bowl, the flours, cornmeal, milk powder, and salt.
In a separate bowl, dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup lukewarm water; let it sit for a few minutes, until it bubbles.
Add the chicken stock to the yeast mixture. Mix well.
Add the liquid to the dry ingredients. Knead about 3 minutes. The dough should be stiff.
Flour a board with cornmeal and roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch Cut out biscuits with cookie cutters in appropriate shapes, and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Mix the egg and milk and use to brush tops of biscuits (for shine), then bake the biscuits for 45 minutes at 300 degrees.
Turn off the heat and leave biscuits in the oven overnight. This will make the biscuits be bone-hard.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Milk Powder | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Rye | 1 slice (32g) | 83 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Wheat | not in our table | 0 |
| Bulgur | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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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.
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Flour + bulgurtop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together25 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Wheat + ryetop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together404 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Wheat + milktop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,418 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
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Flour + ryetop 8% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,320 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Wheat + bulgurtop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together95 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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