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Roasted Rosemary Walnuts Recipe

Nuts and booze are a tried-and-true combination for any happy hour or cocktail party. Here the addition of rosemary and black pepper classes up the combo without...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Walnut and rosemary share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 91 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

8 to 10 servings (5 cups)
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Contains: tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. In a large bowl, toss the walnuts with the olive oil until evenly coated.

  3. Add the chopped rosemary, kosher salt, granulated sugar and black pepper, and toss again so everything is evenly distributed.

  4. Spread the walnuts in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.

  5. Roast for 12 minutes, then stir the walnuts and rotate the pan.

  6. Roast for another 8 to 10 minutes, until fragrant and lightly toasted, watching closely so they do not scorch.

  7. Let the walnuts cool on the pan for about 10 minutes, then break up any clusters before serving or storing in an airtight container.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Walnut + rosemarytop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,489 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Rosemary + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Walnut + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Olive + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,398 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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