Name: Johnny Iuzzini's Chocolate Soup
Yield: Serves 8 on its own or 16 as part of a "fourplay"
Ingredients: 8 ounces (250 g) milk chocolate (preferably Valrhona Jivara 40% cacao), chopped; 1 cup (7 g) Cocoa Puffs; 4 cups (960 g) milk; 4 teaspoons (7 g) juniper berries, crushed in a mortar or coarsely ground in a spice grinder; 9 ounces (150 g) bittersweet chocolate (preferably Valrhona Araguani 72% cacao), finely chopped; 2/3 cup heavy cream; 1/2 cup Devon cream (available at gourmet markets and specialty stores); 1/2 cup milk, plus additional if needed

Why it works: Chocolate and cocoa work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Johnny Iuzzini's Chocolate Soup

Serves 8 on its own or 16 as part of a "fourplay"

Ingredients

8 ounces (250 g) milk chocolate (preferably Valrhona Jivara 40% cacao), chopped
1 cup (7 g) Cocoa Puffs
4 cups (960 g) milk
4 teaspoons (7 g) juniper berries, crushed in a mortar or coarsely ground in a spice grinder
9 ounces (150 g) bittersweet chocolate (preferably Valrhona Araguani 72% cacao), finely chopped
2/3 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup Devon cream (available at gourmet markets and specialty stores)
1/2 cup milk, plus additional if needed

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

355Calories

10 gProtein

22 gFat

29 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51

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

By epicurious. 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.

Chocolate + cocoatop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together165 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Milk + cocoatop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together643 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Chocolate + creamtop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,466 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Milk + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,128 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Milk + creamtop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,399 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the cocoa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, chocolate, cream):

Peanutfits about as well
Cocoathe original
Almondfits about as well
Hazelnutfits about as well

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

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