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Italian Stallion

"Hot chocolate that will kick you into next week!"

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Italian Stallion

Why it works: Cocoa and coffee work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 91 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Italian Stallion

1 serving
Prep1 min

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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. Cocoa + coffeetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Hazelnut + coffeetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, earthy).

  3. Cocoa + brandytop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19 recipes

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

  4. Coffee + brandytop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together213 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Hazelnut + brandytop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the hazelnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cocoa, coffee, brandy):

  1. Nutsfits better
  2. Walnutfits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Hazelnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cocoa, coffee, brandy. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.