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Granola-crusted Nuts

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Granola-crusted Nuts

Why it works: Coconut and walnut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 606 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Granola-crusted Nuts

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

616Calories
15 gProtein
40 gFat
53 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 12 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pepitanot in our table0
Nutnot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By smittenkitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Coconut + walnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together606 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  2. Cinnamon + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Oats + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,394 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Oats + coconuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together522 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Coconut + cinnamontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, sugar, cinnamon, egg, walnut):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Coconutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, sugar, cinnamon, egg, walnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.