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No Guilt Spiced Mixed Nuts

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 14,027 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr 5 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 250°F (120°C) and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar substitute, white sugar substitute, cumin, cinnamon, salt, ginger, chili powder and ground cloves.

  3. In a large bowl, whisk the egg whites until frothy and slightly foamy, about 1 minute.

  4. Add the pecans, walnuts and almonds to the egg whites and toss until evenly coated.

  5. Sprinkle the spice mixture over the nuts and toss again until every piece is coated.

  6. Spread the nuts in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.

  7. Bake for 30 minutes, then stir the nuts and spread them out again.

  8. Bake another 30 to 35 minutes, stirring once more halfway, until the coating looks dry, set and the nuts smell toasted.

  9. Cool completely on the pan, stirring occasionally so they crisp, then store in an airtight container.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Cumin + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,103 recipes

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

  5. Cumin + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar substitute, cumin, cinnamon, ginger, clove, egg, walnut):

  1. Almondbetter flavor fit
  2. Chickpeaabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Beansabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar substitute, cumin, cinnamon, ginger, clove, egg, walnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).