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Carrot Thyme Bread

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Carrot Thyme Bread

Why it works: Thyme and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,563 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Carrot Thyme Bread

1 - 1 1/2 pound loaf
Prep5 min
Cook3 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

735Calories
16 gProtein
16 gFat
130 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Rye1 slice (32g)83
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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.

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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. Thyme + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Rye + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,320 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Rye + thymetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together22 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Rye + carrottop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Rye + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the thyme

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rye, flour, bread, sugar, carrot):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Marjoramfits better
  4. Thymethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rye, flour, bread, sugar, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.