Why it works: Peanut and tomato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 315 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
Mashed Peanuts with Tomato
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Mash the boiled peanuts with a potato masher or rub through a colander.
In a bowl, combine the mashed peanuts with sifted tomatoes and salt.
Cook and serve
Reheat the mixture, and if it's too thin, let some moisture evaporate.
Serve hot.
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 + tomatotop 10% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together315 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Boiled peanuts
- Form the main body of the dish, providing bulk and a creamy, mashable texture.
- Sifted tomatoes
- Add moisture and a mild acidity that brightens the rich peanut flavor.
The step that matters
Reheating and thickening the mixture. Mashed peanuts mixed with tomato can be watery. Gentle reheating lets excess moisture evaporate, giving a thicker consistency that holds together when served hot.
“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.
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