Why it works: Sauce and condensed milk share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Salted Caramel and Roasted Almond Ice Cream
Serves 12Ingredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Roasted Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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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.
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Sauce + condensed milktop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together34 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,787 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Cream + condensed milktop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together416 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Cream + almondtop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together5,130 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
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Condensed milk + almondtop 22% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together121 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the almond
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, sauce, condensed milk):
- Pistachiofits about as well
- Cashew nutfits about as well
- Almondthe original
- Peanutfits about as well
Fit is the average pairing score against cream, sauce, condensed milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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