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Zucchini–Pine Nut Muffins Recipe

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By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Zucchini–Pine Nut Muffins Recipe

Why it works: Pine and ginger share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 58 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Zucchini–Pine Nut Muffins Recipe

12 muffins

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1022Calories
41 gProtein
40 gFat
122 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Pine + gingertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Pine + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together302 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Milk + yogurttop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,361 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Nuts + flourtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,180 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Pine + nutstop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pine, flour, ginger, sugar, milk, yogurt, egg):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pine, flour, ginger, sugar, milk, yogurt, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.