Why it works: Flour and hops work together. They rank in the top 32% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10 recipes. Both carry eugenol, which smells clove, spicy. The science ↓
Bread
Ingredients
Directions
Sift the flour to ensure lightness.
Put hops in a bag and boil in water.
Keep the sponge warm by placing it in a bowl of hot water if it's cold.
Use a stone crock for better heat retention.
Preheat the oven to a temperature where you can hold your hand for 20 seconds.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Flour + hopstop 32% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together10 recipes
Shared aroma: eugenol (clove, spicy).
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