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Apple & Linseed Porridge

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Apple & Linseed Porridge

Why it works: Apple and cinnamon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,598 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Apple & Linseed Porridge

SERVES 4 Easily halved
Prep5 min
Cook6 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

589Calories
31 gProtein
12 gFat
95 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Skimmed Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Agave1 tsp (7g)21
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Syrupnot 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. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Oats + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,394 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Yogurt + honeytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Apple + honeytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together569 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Cinnamon + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, cinnamon, milk, yogurt, honey):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Blueberryfits about as well
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, cinnamon, milk, yogurt, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.