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Hazelnut Pancakes with Roasted Rhubarb Cardamom Compote

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Hazelnut Pancakes with Roasted Rhubarb Cardamom Compote

Why it works: Hazelnut and rhubarb share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Hazelnut Pancakes with Roasted Rhubarb Cardamom Compote

2-4
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1023Calories
29 gProtein
40 gFat
137 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 15 ingredients. The other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pancakenot in our table0
Wheatnot in our table0
Pastrynot in our table0
Hazelnutnot in our table0
Nutnot in our table0
Rhubarbnot 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. Hazelnut + rhubarbtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

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

  3. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Flour + rhubarbtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together670 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + hazelnuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together464 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the rhubarb

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, hazelnut, maple syrup, egg, milk, butter):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Rhubarbthe original
  4. Thymefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, hazelnut, maple syrup, egg, milk, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.