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Nutty Irishman

"A drink recipe that my Mom and I made up one St. Patrick's day because we were bored."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Nutty Irishman

Why it works: Hazelnut and nutmeg share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 64 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Nutty Irishman

2 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

63Calories
0 gProtein
6 gFat
2 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 5 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Coffeenot in our table0
Hazelnutnot in our table0
Whiskeynot 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. Hazelnut + nutmegtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Coffee + hazelnuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, earthy).

  3. Cream + nutmegtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,920 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Coffee + creamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,339 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  5. Cream + hazelnuttop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

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

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coffee, cream, hazelnut):

  1. Nutmegthe original
  2. Cinnamonfits about as well
  3. Celeryfits less well
  4. Garlicfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against coffee, cream, hazelnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.