Name: Stuffed Dates
Yield: Makes 12 stuffed dates
Ingredients: 3/4 cup/100 g ground almonds; 3 Tbsp powdered sugar; 2 tsp orange flower water; Food coloring (optional); 12 dates or other large, sweet date variety with pits; 12 walnut halves or 12 unsalted toasted almonds without skins

Why it works: Almond and walnut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 993 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Stuffed Dates

Makes 12 stuffed dates

Ingredients

3/4 cup/100 g ground almonds
3 Tbsp powdered sugar
2 tsp orange flower water
Food coloring (optional)
12 dates or other large, sweet date variety with pits
12 walnut halves or 12 unsalted toasted almonds without skins

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

210Calories

2 gProtein

3 gFat

46 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Date	1 date (24g) medjool	66
Orange Flower	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Walnut	1 walnut half (4g)	26
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Water	not in our table	0

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.

Almond + walnuttop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together993 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Almond + orangetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,125 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Almond + datestop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together217 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Dates + walnuttop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together302 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Orange + datestop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together151 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, sugar, dates, walnut):

Figfits better
Vanillafits better
Coconutfits better
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, sugar, dates, walnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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