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Teff Banana Bread

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Teff and flour share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 24 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes one 9-inch loaf

Ingredients

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

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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. Teff + flourtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Banana + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Canola oil + ricetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together225 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Vanilla + ricetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,350 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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