Why it works: Peanut and pepper work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 668 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
Salted Peanuts
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).
Spread the peanuts on a baking sheet and bake slowly until the skins begin to loosen.
Remove the peanuts from the oven and let them cool enough to handle.
Peel off the skins from the peanuts.
Cover the peanuts with a damp cloth and let them sit for about 30 minutes.
Sprinkle the peanuts with fine salt and Krona pepper seasoning.
Allow the peanuts to dry in the oven.
Serve in small paper cases.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Peanut + peppertop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together668 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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