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Quick Carrot & Walnut Bread

Bread making doesn't need to be hard work, as this fast and easy recipe shows

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Quick Carrot & Walnut Bread

Why it works: Carrot and walnut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 506 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Quick Carrot & Walnut Bread

Cuts into 10

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

804Calories
39 gProtein
13 gFat
132 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Carrot + walnuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Flour + walnuttop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,873 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Yogurt + milktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,361 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Flour + carrottop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,029 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + milktop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and milk barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 78,219 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, walnut, yogurt, milk):

  1. Beetrootfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Carrotthe original

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