Name: Maple Icing
Ingredients: two tablespoons of oil in the frying pan; 1-1/2 c-maple sugar 1-1/2 c-granulated sugar 2/3 c-milk 1 t-butter 1/8 t-cream o; 1-1/2 c-granulated sugar 2/3 c-milk 1 t-butter 1/8 t-cream of tartar cook; 2/3 c-milk 1 t-butter 1/8 t-cream of tartar cook all the ingredients together; 1 t-butter 1/8 t-cream of tartar cook all the ingredients together until a sof; 1/8 t-cream of tartar cook all the ingredients together until a soft ball is f; twelve portions; 4 t-olive oil 2 t-salt cover the peanuts; 2 t-salt cover the peanuts; seven now!; salt

Why it works: Olive and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,027 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

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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.

Olive + peanuttop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,027 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Milk + peanuttop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,048 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Maple sugar: Provides the main maple sweetness and flavor of the icing.
Granulated sugar: Adds sweetness and helps the icing set to a smooth texture when cooked.
Milk: Supplies moisture and dissolves the sugars as the mixture cooks.

The step that matters

Cooking to the soft ball stage. Sugar syrup must reach the right temperature to set into a soft, creamy icing. Too little cooking leaves it runny, and too much makes it hard and grainy once beaten.

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, milk, butter, cream, olive):

Almondfits better
Pistachiofits about as well
Walnutfits about as well
Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, milk, butter, cream, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Maple Icing

Maple Icing

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