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Almond Strawberry Chia Seed Pudding

"This is a very quick pudding recipe with chia seeds. No cooking, no fuss, my kind of recipe in the summer. I add strawberry puree, raspberry puree, etc., depending on the availability of fresh fruit."

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Why it works: Chia and honey work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 60 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Hull the strawberries, mash about half of them in a bowl, and slice the rest thinly for topping.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk the almond milk, honey and vanilla extract until the honey fully dissolves.

  3. Stir in the chia seeds and the mashed strawberries until evenly mixed.

  4. Let the mixture stand for 5 minutes, then whisk again to break up any clumps of chia seeds.

  5. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight, until the pudding is thick and the seeds have softened.

  6. Spoon the pudding into four serving dishes or glasses and top each with sliced strawberries before serving.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chia + honeytop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together60 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Almond + chiatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Honey + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,262 recipes

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

  5. Milk + honeytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,333 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, milk, chia, honey):

  1. Vanillathe original
  2. Coconutabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, milk, chia, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).