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Homemade Cinnamon & Lemon Crumpets with Raspberries & Honey

Crumpets are so easy to make and work really well as a summer brunch or pudding. I use metal rings to make them because they help the batter rise into a lovely thick crumpet.

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and honey are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,446 recipes mention both. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6

Ingredients

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

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By jamieoliver. 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. Cinnamon + honeytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,446 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Sugar + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Cinnamon + lemontop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together7,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Flour + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together16,954 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Cinnamon + ricotta cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together73 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

Sugar and cinnamon share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,777 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