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Rye Bread

Starter takes a few days to make, but well worth the wait. Keep a bit of the mixture in the fridge for the next time

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Rye and caraway share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 87 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Rye Bread

Makes 2 loaves

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

806Calories
24 gProtein
24 gFat
122 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Rye1 slice (32g)83
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Caraway Seednot 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. Rye + carawaytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Flour + carawaytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Rye + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,320 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Rye + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  5. Rye + milktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together918 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the caraway

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

  1. Carawaythe original
  2. Cinnamonfits about as well
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Nutmegfits less well

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