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Peanut Butter Quesadillas

"My children love this delicious change from the average peanut butter sandwich. Even the grown ups love them!!"

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Peanut Butter Quesadillas

Why it works: Butter and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Peanut Butter Quesadillas

2 servings
Prep6 min
Cook4 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

920Calories
25 gProtein
30 gFat
140 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62

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. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Peanut + grapetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Flour + peanuttop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,427 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Butter + grapetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,028 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Butter + peanuttop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,754 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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 grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, peanut):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Vanillafits better
  4. Grapethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, flour, peanut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.