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Spiced Pecans & Peach Fizz

These American-style snacks are ready in minutes and very moreish - enjoy with a fruity cocktail

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Spiced Pecans & Peach Fizz

Why it works: Sugar and pecans are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,962 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Spiced Pecans & Peach Fizz

Serves 2
Prep2 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

77Calories
1 gProtein
2 gFat
14 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
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 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. Sugar + pecanstop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,962 recipes

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

  2. Pecans + peppertop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together396 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + peppertop 32% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,401 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Sugar and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,401 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 pecans

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

  1. Black-eyed peafits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Pecansthe original

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