Why it works: Radish and peanut work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓
Radish Cheese
Ingredients
Directions
Pass the radishes and peanuts through a food processor using the 'C' rotor.
Mix the ingredients into a paste.
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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Radish + peanuttop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together17 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
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What each ingredient does
- Radishes
- Provide the main body and fresh, sharp flavor of the paste.
- Peanuts
- Add richness and body, giving the paste a creamy, fatty texture.
“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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