Why it works: Chocolate and cherry work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 575 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 10Ingredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat (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.
Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a saucepan, bring the water, 4 Tablespoons of butter, the pinch of salt and part of the sugar to a rolling boil.
Remove from heat, add the flour all at once and stir vigorously until a smooth dough forms. Return to low heat and stir for 1 minute.
Transfer the dough to a bowl and let it cool for 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time until glossy, then beat in 1 Tablespoon of the milk.
Spoon or pipe 10 mounds onto the baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes, until puffed, golden and dry. Cool completely on a rack.
For the chocolate sauce, heat the remaining sugar, the other 1 Tablespoon of milk and 2 Tablespoons of butter in a small saucepan until simmering. Remove from heat, add the milk chocolate chips and stir until smooth.
Cut the tops off the cooled puffs. Scoop the frozen yogurt into the bottoms, replace the tops and freeze for at least 1 hour.
Serve the frozen cream puffs drizzled with the warm chocolate sauce.
Explore the science
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.
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Chocolate + cherrytop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together575 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
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Butter + milktop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together81,222 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Milk + cherrytop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together850 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
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Milk + chocolatetop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together9,121 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
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Sugar + chocolatetop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together15,399 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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