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Coconut Pancakes with Pomegranate Jewels

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Coconut and pomegranate share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 14 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity. The science ↓

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

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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. Coconut + pomegranatetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

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

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

  3. Milk + coconuttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,642 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Coconut + buttertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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