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Mendiants Recipe

Petite chocolate bites topped with pistachios, raisins, almonds, and orange make for a very grown-up candy.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Mendiants Recipe

Why it works: Pistachio and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 693 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Mendiants Recipe

About 25

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

445Calories
9 gProtein
23 gFat
56 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pistachio1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels)159
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7

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

By chow. 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. Pistachio + almondtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together693 recipes

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

  2. Pistachio + nutstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together425 recipes

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

  3. Raisin + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  4. Almond + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,125 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Nuts + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together394 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 orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, pistachio, nuts, raisin, almond):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chocolate, pistachio, nuts, raisin, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.