Name: Smoked Almonds Recipe
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups raw, skin-on almonds; 2 cups hickory wood chips; 8 quarts lump charcoal, plus more as needed; 2 teaspoons olive or canola oil; 1/4 teaspoon fine salt, plus more as needed; 1/8 teaspoon granulated sugar, plus more as needed

Why it works: Almond and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,875 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Smoked Almonds Recipe

1 1/2 cups

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups raw, skin-on almonds
2 cups hickory wood chips
8 quarts lump charcoal, plus more as needed
2 teaspoons olive or canola oil
1/4 teaspoon fine salt, plus more as needed
1/8 teaspoon granulated sugar, plus more as needed

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

179Calories

0 gProtein

14 gFat

13 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Wood	not in our table	0

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

By chow. 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.

Almond + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,875 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Almond + sugartop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,679 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
Olive + sugartop 35% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together12,483 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

Olive and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,483 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, sugar):

Almondthe original
Chickpeafits about as well
Cashew nutfits about as well
Chestnutfits about as well

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

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