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Amaranth Pancakes

"These are quite tasty. If you can't find ingredients in your grocery store, check out a health food store. You may substitute your favorite ground nuts for the almonds if you like."

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Why it works: Amaranth and arrowroot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 2 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Whisk the amaranth flour, arrowroot powder, ground almonds, baking soda and ground cinnamon together in a large bowl.

  2. In a separate bowl, whisk the water, lemon juice, vegetable oil and honey until the honey is mostly dissolved.

  3. Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined into a smooth batter. Let it rest for 5 minutes while the pan heats.

  4. Heat a nonstick skillet or griddle over medium heat and lightly brush it with a little vegetable oil.

  5. Pour in a scant ladleful of batter for each pancake, spreading gently to form rounds about 4 inches (10 cm) wide.

  6. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until bubbles break on the surface and the edges look set, then flip carefully.

  7. Cook the other side for 1 to 2 minutes until golden, then transfer to a plate. Repeat with the remaining batter, adding oil to the pan as needed.

  8. Serve the pancakes warm.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Amaranth + arrowroottop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Amaranth + flourtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together22 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Flour + arrowroottop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together499 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Almond + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Flour + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (amaranth, flour, arrowroot, almond, cinnamon, honey):

  1. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  2. Coconutabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Raisinabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against amaranth, flour, arrowroot, almond, cinnamon, honey. 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).