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Banana & Pecan Fudge Loaf

Delicious sweet nutty loaf, great for snacks for all the family.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Banana & Pecan Fudge Loaf

Why it works: Banana and yogurt work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 508 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Banana & Pecan Fudge Loaf

Cuts into 10-12 slices

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

909Calories
38 gProtein
21 gFat
142 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Toffeenot 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. Banana + yogurttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together508 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Butter + pecanstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,416 recipes

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

  3. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Butter + yogurttop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,333 recipes

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

  5. Banana + pecanstop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together211 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

Butter and flour 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 pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (banana, egg, butter, yogurt, sugar, flour):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Macadamia nutfits about as well
  3. Hazelnutfits about as well
  4. Pecansthe original

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