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Spiced Macadamia Nuts

These nuts are a just-right combo of spice and sweetness, and are perfect with a glass of something cold.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Spiced Macadamia Nuts

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Spiced Macadamia Nuts

Serves 6
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

130Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
35 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Macadamianot 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 bbcfood. 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. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Sunflower + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together200 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Sunflower + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together568 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Sunflower + honeytop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together224 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Lime + honeytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together679 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, sugar, pepper, honey):

  1. Limethe original
  2. Lemonfits about as well
  3. Mangofits about as well
  4. Cherryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, sugar, pepper, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.