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Egg-free Pancakes

You won't be able to tell the difference with these light crepes, suitable for those with an egg intolerance

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and butter match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 118,511 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 8 small pancakes
Prep5 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood. 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.

  1. Egg + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together118,511 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Milk + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

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

  3. Flour + agavetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together213 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Milk + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the orange

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

  1. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  2. Coconutbetter flavor fit
  3. Blueberrybetter flavor fit
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, milk, butter, agave, syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).