Name: Onion and Poppy Seed Quick Bread Recipe
Cook time: 2 h 35 min
Yield: 1 (9-inch) loaf
Ingredients: 9 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick plus 1 tablespoon), plus more for coating the pan; 3 cups medium-dice yellow onion (from about 2 medium onions); 1 1/2 teaspoons fine salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 4 1/2 teaspoons poppy seeds; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 cup whole milk; 1 large egg

Why it works: Onion and poppy seed work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 214 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

1 (9-inch) loaf

Cook2 hr 35 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

9 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick plus 1 tablespoon), plus more for coating the pan
3 cups medium-dice yellow onion (from about 2 medium onions)
1 1/2 teaspoons fine salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 1/2 teaspoons poppy seeds
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup whole milk
1 large egg

Directions

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By chow. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Onion + poppy seedtop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together214 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together81,222 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + poppy seedtop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together257 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).
Butter + flourtop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together122,858 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Onion + peppertop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together68,463 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Butter and flour share little aroma chemistry, yet 122,858 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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