Why it works: Molasses and nuts work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 206 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓
Nut Candy
Ingredients
Directions
Grease plates.
Spread the meats of your chosen nuts on the greased plates.
Cook the molasses until done.
Pour the hot molasses over the nuts.
Allow to cool slightly, then mark into squares before it hardens completely.
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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Molasses + nutstop 26% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together206 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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