Why it works: Flour and anise work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 263 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Sprinkle the yeast over the lukewarm water; stir until the yeast is dissolved. Beat the eggs in a large mixing bowl with a fork until slightly beaten; add sugar, yeast mixture, salt, anise seed, butter, and 2 cups of flour. #Beat with electric beater until well beaten and smooth.
Stir in additional flour to make a soft dough. Turn out onto a well floured pastry board and knead until dough is soft and elastic. Do not add too much flour.
Place in a greased bowl and cover with a damp warm cloth. Allow to rise until double in bulk.
Punch down the dough and make a round loaf, smooth on top with the folded edges on the bottom of the loaf. Place in a deep round cake pan.
Beat the egg yolk with the corn syrup and brush the top with a pastry brush.
Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for 15 minutes or until done.
Category:Uruguayan Recipes
Category:Uruguayan Snacks
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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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Flour + anisetop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together263 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Sugar + syruptop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,841 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Butter + corntop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together7,333 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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Flour + buttertop 6% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together122,858 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Anise + corntop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together25 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove).
Flour and butter share little aroma chemistry, yet 122,858 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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