IllustrationWhy it works: Banana and milk match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,464 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350º
Place desired number of halved bananas into buttered baking dish
Add sugar and cinnamon to taste
Just cover bananas with milk and add butter cubes
Place baking dish inside larger baking dish for spillage
Cover with foil and bake for 5 minutes
Uncover and bake until milk is absorbed and bananas are golden brown
Serve hot or cold
Category:Honduran Recipes
Category:Honduran Desserts
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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 + milktop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,464 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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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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Sugar + cinnamontop 4% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together30,777 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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Cinnamon + milktop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together12,647 recipes
Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
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Butter + bananatop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,529 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Sugar and cinnamon share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,777 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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