Name: Leprechaun's Delight
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 1 cup hot brewed coffee; 1 fluid ounce brandy-based orange liqueur (such as Grand Marnier®); 1 fluid ounce Irish cream liqueur; 1 tablespoon whipped cream; 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest

Why it works: Coffee and orange work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 326 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells buttery, creamy. The science ↓

Leprechaun's Delight

1 serving

Prep10 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1 cup hot brewed coffee
1 fluid ounce brandy-based orange liqueur (such as Grand Marnier®)
1 fluid ounce Irish cream liqueur
1 tablespoon whipped cream
1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

113Calories

2 gProtein

6 gFat

15 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Coffee	not in our table	0

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

By allrecipes. 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.

Coffee + orangetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together326 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).
Brandy + orangetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,706 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Brandy + creamtop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,635 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
Coffee + creamtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,339 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
Coffee + brandytop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together213 recipes

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

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 (coffee, brandy, cream):

Vanillafits better
Strawberryfits better
Raspberryfits about as well
Orangethe original

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

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