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Rhubarb & Pear Crumble

This has a lovely crunchy topping that tastes like flapjack, perfect comfort food

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Rhubarb & Pear Crumble

Why it works: Pear and grape match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 252 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓

Rhubarb & Pear Crumble

Serves 6
Prep20 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

923Calories
20 gProtein
16 gFat
177 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pear1 medium (178g)101
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rhubarbnot in our table0
Breakfast Cerealnot 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. Pear + grapetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together252 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  2. Rhubarb + orangetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together299 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  3. Orange + grapetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,771 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Rhubarb + flourtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together670 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Pear + orangetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together323 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pear, rhubarb, sugar, flour, butter, oats, grape):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Applefits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pear, rhubarb, sugar, flour, butter, oats, grape. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.