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Flowerpot Bread

Baking homemade bread is a chance for children to get involved in the kitchen, and flowerpots just add to the fun

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Flowerpot Bread

Why it works: Olive and rosemary are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,590 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Flowerpot Bread

MAKES 5
Prep25 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1418Calories
45 gProtein
71 gFat
155 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 19 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
White Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Poppy Seednot in our table0

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

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

  1. Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,590 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Olive + feta cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,482 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  3. Olive + pumpkintop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Bread + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Honey + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,336 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

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

Swap the rosemary

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, olive, honey, milk, pumpkin, feta cheese):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Peppermintfits about as well
  3. Garlicfits about as well
  4. Rosemarythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, olive, honey, milk, pumpkin, feta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.