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Bubba's Beer Bread

"This bread is the best when baked in a black cast iron pan. Once the bread is in the oven, start 'cookin down' those collard greens, black eyed peas and hawg jaws. It's a New Years tradition. It'll change your luck !!!"

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Bubba's Beer Bread

Why it works: Beer and cheddar cheese work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 148 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Bubba's Beer Bread

8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

708Calories
22 gProtein
11 gFat
122 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Beer + cheddar cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together148 recipes

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

  2. Onion + dilltop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,639 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Onion + cheddar cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,669 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  5. Flour + dilltop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together639 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, onion, beer, cheddar cheese):

  1. Jalapenofits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, onion, beer, cheddar cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.