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Beer-nut Butter

The simplest homemade peanut butter.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 2 ingredients
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Beer-nut Butter

Why it works: Nuts and peanut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Beer-nut Butter

Serves 20
Prep5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

349Calories
8 gProtein
30 gFat
9 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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. Nuts + peanuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together81 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Peanut + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Beer + olivetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together495 recipes

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

  4. Nuts + olivetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together186 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Beer + peanuttop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methyl-3-(methyldithio)furan (thiamin, meat).

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 (beer, peanut, olive):

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

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