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Baked Peaches with Amaretti and Cocoa

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Baked Peaches with Amaretti and Cocoa

Why it works: Butter and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Baked Peaches with Amaretti and Cocoa

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

470Calories
10 gProtein
31 gFat
33 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25

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.

  1. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  2. Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Cocoa powder + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together826 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Peach + white winetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together79 recipes

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

  5. Butter + peachtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together860 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

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

Swap the peach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, egg, cocoa powder, white wine, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raspberryfits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Peachthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, egg, cocoa powder, white wine, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.