Why it works: Chocolate and meat work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 209 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓
Pecan Fritters
Ingredients
Directions
Pour out a little chocolate coating and work it until nearly cold.
Mix in enough broken pecan meats until the mixture is thick.
Using a spoon, drop the mixture in the form of patties on oilcloth, about the size of a silver dollar.
Ensure the mixture is thick enough to hold its shape and will not spread.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Chocolate + meattop 25% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together209 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
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