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Sunflower-Soy Butter

"This homemade peanut-free butter is sweetened with cranberries for a great spread on cut celery, whole grain breads, and fruit. It also pairs well with soft cheese (don't add more salt though). Feel free to try other dried fruits as well, such as blueberries, cherries, or apples."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Sunflower-Soy Butter

Why it works: Cinnamon and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,380 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Sunflower-Soy Butter

3 cups
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

282Calories
8 gProtein
17 gFat
27 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Soy Beannot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Waternot 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.

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. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Vanilla + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

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

  3. Sunflower + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together239 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Beans + sunflowertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

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

  5. Beans + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together511 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, sunflower, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger):

  1. Cashew nutfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, sunflower, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.