Name: Seedy Pastry Squares
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 100g/3½oz butter, if you can eat it, or dairy-free margarine; 200g/7oz gluten-free flour with xanthan gum OR 100g/3½oz gram flour and 100g/3½oz rice flour; ½ tsp xanthan gum (available in health-food stores); 2-3 tbsp water; 1 egg, beaten or, if you can't eat egg, a little extra melted butter or dairy-free margarine; 25g/¾oz sesame, sunflower, poppy seeds; 25g/¾oz grated fresh parmesan; rock salt

Why it works: Sesame and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 172 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Seedy Pastry Squares

Serves 10

Prep30 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

100g/3½oz butter, if you can eat it, or dairy-free margarine
200g/7oz gluten-free flour with xanthan gum OR 100g/3½oz gram flour and 100g/3½oz rice flour
½ tsp xanthan gum (available in health-food stores)
2-3 tbsp water
1 egg, beaten or, if you can't eat egg, a little extra melted butter or dairy-free margarine
25g/¾oz sesame, sunflower, poppy seeds
25g/¾oz grated fresh parmesan
rock salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1236Calories

39 gProtein

53 gFat

148 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Sunflower	1 oz (28g) hulled	165
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Poppy Seed	not in our table	0

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

By bbcfood. 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.

Sesame + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together172 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Sesame + poppy seedtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together106 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Sunflower + poppy seedtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together32 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Flour + sunflowertop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together803 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour + sesametop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,057 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the poppy seed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, egg, sesame, sunflower):

Nutmegfits about as well
Capersfits about as well
Turmericfits about as well
Poppy seedthe original

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

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