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Green Beans with Golden Almond Butter

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Green Beans with Golden Almond Butter

Why it works: Green beans and almond share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Green Beans with Golden Almond Butter

Serves 6
Prep15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

151Calories
2 gProtein
13 gFat
9 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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

By bbcgoodfood. 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. Green beans + almondtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Green beans + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together197 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Garlic + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Almond + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,605 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (green beans, butter, almond, garlic):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against green beans, butter, almond, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.