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Cheesy Corn Cakes

These cheesy sweetcorn cakes can be whipped up in minutes, and the kids will love to help you make them

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Cheesy Corn Cakes

Why it works: Chive and sunflower share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 67 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Cheesy Corn Cakes

Makes 12 cakes

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

818Calories
36 gProtein
24 gFat
113 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
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Sweetcornnot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot 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. Chive + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together67 recipes

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

  2. Flour + chivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Sunflower + tomatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together404 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Chive + tomatotop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together538 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Flour + sunflowertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together803 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, egg, milk, sweetcorn, chive, sunflower, ketchup):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, milk, sweetcorn, chive, sunflower, ketchup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.