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Fruit and Nut Granola

"Originally given to me at work as a 'Hey! I made this, try it, it's vegan (I'm not vegan), you'll love it!' and I did; I really did love it. I've made it several times now and a modified version for my husband (omitted the chocolate and used deluxe mixed nuts). I have to stash some or get none in my house."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Fruit and Nut Granola

Why it works: Cinnamon and pomegranate share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 94 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Fruit and Nut Granola

6 cups
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

678Calories
11 gProtein
14 gFat
132 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Fruitnot 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.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Cinnamon + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together94 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Almond + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Almond + pomegranatetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together45 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Almond + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the pomegranate

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, almond, cinnamon, cocoa powder, sugar, maple syrup, vanilla):

  1. Blueberryfits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Pomegranatethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, almond, cinnamon, cocoa powder, sugar, maple syrup, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.