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Beetroot & Feta Scones

Pink scones!

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Beetroot and caraway share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 26 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Beetroot & Feta Scones

Makes 12 cakes

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

819Calories
28 gProtein
30 gFat
107 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
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beetrootnot 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. Beetroot + carawaytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together26 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. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Flour + beetroottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together515 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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 beetroot

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

  1. Potatofits about as well
  2. Shallotfits about as well
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Beetrootthe original

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