Why it works: Condensed milk and sauce share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Blueberry Streusel Cobbler
8 servingsIngredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Biscuit | 1 medium (45g) | 166 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Blueberry | 1 cup (148g) | 84 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Nuts | not in our table | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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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.
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Condensed milk + saucetop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together34 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Biscuit + nutstop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together38 recipes
Shared aroma: maltol (caramel, sweet).
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Lemon + blueberrytop 8% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together540 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Biscuit + blueberrytop 8% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together43 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Condensed milk + sugartop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together804 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the nuts
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (condensed milk, lemon, butter, biscuit, sugar, blueberry, sauce):
- Almondfits better
- Pistachiofits better
- Hazelnutfits better
- Nutsthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against condensed milk, lemon, butter, biscuit, sugar, blueberry, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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