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Easy Hazelnut Affogato

Vanilla ice cream with hazelnut liqueur spiked coffee. Easy, and so very delicious.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Easy Hazelnut Affogato

Why it works: Hazelnut and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 279 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Easy Hazelnut Affogato

Serves 4
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

269Calories
2 gProtein
20 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Coffeenot in our table0
Hazelnutnot in our table0
Beannot in our table0

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

By tastykitchen. 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. Hazelnut + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together279 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Coffee + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).

  3. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Hazelnut + beanstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together26 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Hazelnut + chocolatetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together350 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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