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Flourless Brazil Nut Macaroons

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Flourless Brazil Nut Macaroons

Why it works: Orange and brazil nut work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 26 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Flourless Brazil Nut Macaroons

3 1/2 dozen

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

462Calories
13 gProtein
22 gFat
55 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Brazil Nutnot 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. Orange + brazil nuttop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together26 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Oats + brazil nuttop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6 recipes

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

  3. Oats + orangetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together253 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Oats + sugartop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,548 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Sugar + orangetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

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

Sugar and orange barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,212 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the brazil nut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, sugar, orange, egg):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Pecansfits better
  3. Flaxseedfits better
  4. Brazil nutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, sugar, orange, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.