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Roasted Dates Stuffed with Pine Nuts in Honey

"From the volumes of Apicius, this splendid yet curious ancient dish from 1st century A.D. Roman brings together the tastes of honey, fruit, and nuts that can be served as a dessert after dinner."

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Roasted Dates Stuffed with Pine Nuts in Honey

Why it works: Pine and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 176 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Roasted Dates Stuffed with Pine Nuts in Honey

16 servings
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

498Calories
12 gProtein
32 gFat
42 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Pine + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together176 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Nuts + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together394 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Dates + almondtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together217 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Pine + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together687 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Honey + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together259 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

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

Swap the dates

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pine, nuts, white wine, honey, cheese, pepper, almond):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Grapefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Datesthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pine, nuts, white wine, honey, cheese, pepper, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.