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Two Brothers’ Banana Splits

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Two Brothers’ Banana Splits

Why it works: Yogurt and honey work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 660 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity. The science ↓

Two Brothers’ Banana Splits

serves 1

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

570Calories
26 gProtein
37 gFat
38 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Frozen Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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. Yogurt + honeytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  2. Banana + peanuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together308 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Banana + honeytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together395 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Banana + yogurttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together508 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (banana, yogurt, butter, cream, honey):

  1. Almondfits about as well
  2. Peanutthe original
  3. Pecansfits about as well
  4. Pistachiofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against banana, yogurt, butter, cream, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.