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Spinach & Feta Muffins

Quick and fluffy savoury muffins that are just yummy for any occasion.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Feta cheese and spinach work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 374 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 10 muffins

Ingredients

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

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Feta cheese + spinachtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together374 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + spinachtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,025 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Sugar + creamtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Flour + milktop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together76,993 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + spinachtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,495 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and milk share little aroma chemistry, yet 76,993 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

Flavor stand-ins for the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, cream, egg, milk, feta cheese, spinach):

  1. Nutmegbetter flavor fit
  2. Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
  3. Dillabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, cream, egg, milk, feta cheese, spinach. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).