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Why it works: Dates and sesame work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and 9 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

The recipe

MAKES 6
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: sesame (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. Finely chop the soft dried apricots, dates and dried cherries, or pulse them in a food processor until they form a sticky, crumbly mixture.

  2. Add the coconut oil and mix or pulse again until the fruit holds together when pressed. If the oil is firm, soften it gently first.

  3. Divide the mixture into 6 equal portions and roll each one firmly between your palms into a nugget shape.

  4. Spread the toasted sesame seeds on a small plate and roll each nugget in them until evenly coated.

  5. Chill the nuggets for 15 minutes so they firm up before serving, then store in an airtight container in the fridge.

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

  1. Dates + sesametop 23% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  2. Coconut + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Dates + coconuttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together76 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Apricot + datestop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

  5. Apricot + coconuttop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together100 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apricot, dates, coconut):

  1. Almondbetter flavor fit
  2. Pecansbetter flavor fit
  3. Walnutbetter flavor fit
  4. Sesamethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against apricot, dates, coconut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).