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Raspberry & Pine Nut Bars

Juicy, seasonal fruit gives a fresh taste

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Raspberry & Pine Nut Bars

Why it works: Lemon and pine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 480 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Raspberry & Pine Nut Bars

Cuts into 12 large bars

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1027Calories
24 gProtein
36 gFat
157 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12

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. Lemon + pinetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together480 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Oats + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,939 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Oats + nutstop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together119 recipes

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

  5. Flour + pinetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together302 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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 nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, oats, butter, sugar, lemon, pine):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Pistachiofits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, oats, butter, sugar, lemon, pine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.