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Chocolate and Orange Panna Cotta

This velvety chocolate dessert is beautifully complimented by some fresh orange slices. It is simple to make and is ideal for dinner parties as it sits happily in the fridge for two days.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Chocolate and Orange Panna Cotta

Serves 10
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

601Calories
8 gProtein
42 gFat
52 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49

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

By bbcfood. 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. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Sunflower + orangetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  4. Chocolate + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Sunflower + chocolatetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together114 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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

Swap the orange

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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