Why it works: Chocolate and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 33% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,096 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
Hoarhound Drops
Ingredients
Directions
Place the scrap and hoarhound herb in a kettle with water.
Boil until the scrap is completely dissolved, then strain the mixture.
Cook the strained mixture to 300°F (150°C).
Pour the mixture onto a greased slab.
Add a few drops of lemon oil and knead the mixture until cool.
Run the cooled mixture through tablet or drop rollers.
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 + lemontop 33% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,096 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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