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Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes

My favorite flavor packed into a pancake.

By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes

Why it works: Wheat and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,418 recipes. Both carry (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, melon. The science ↓

Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

813Calories
28 gProtein
28 gFat
111 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Poppy Seednot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By naturallyella. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Wheat + milktop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  2. Wheat + poppy seedtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  3. Poppy seed + canola oiltop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Poppy seed + lemontop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together166 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Wheat + canola oiltop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, poppy seed, milk, egg, canola oil):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Pumpkinfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, poppy seed, milk, egg, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.