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Apple Cinnamon Raisin Latkes

A fried pancake made with grated apples, raisins, flour, egg, sugar, cinnamon, and salt.

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Why it works: Raisin and flour match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,075 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Apple Cinnamon Raisin Latkes

Timea few minutes on each side

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the batter

  1. Grate apples into a bowl.

  2. Add golden raisins, flour, egg, sugar, cinnamon, and salt, then mix well.

Cook the latkes

  1. Brush a large griddle or skillet with oil.

  2. Heat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking.

  3. Drop as many tablespoons of apple mixture onto a griddle as possible to fit, leaving enough space between each one.

  4. Flatten with a spatula into 1/4-inch-thick pancakes.

  5. Cook latkes for a few minutes on each side, or until golden and cooked through.

Serve

  1. Serve with a dollop of Greek Yogurt or sour cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

864Calories
20 gProtein
21 gFat
151 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Raisin + flourtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Raisin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Sugar + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together30,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and cinnamon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Apples
Provide moisture and natural sweetness that keeps the latkes tender inside.
Flour
Absorbs moisture from the apples and helps the latkes hold their shape.
Egg
Binds the grated apple and flour together so the latkes hold their shape.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the surface brown during cooking.

The step that matters

Heat the griddle until hot but not smoking. If the surface is too cool, the latkes absorb oil and turn greasy and pale; if it is smoking, the outside scorches before the centre cooks through. Moderately high heat gives an even golden crust.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (raisin, flour, egg, sugar, cinnamon):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Lemonfits about as well
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against raisin, flour, egg, sugar, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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