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Cherry & Nutella Ice Cream Sundae Recipe

By cookincanuck · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Vanilla and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 12,301 recipes. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓

Cherry & Nutella Ice Cream Sundae Recipe

Serves 4
Prep15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

150Calories
2 gProtein
6 gFat
23 gCarbs

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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Peppermintnot 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 cookincanuck. 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. Vanilla + creamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together12,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  2. Vanilla + minttop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together322 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Cream + minttop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together594 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

Vanilla and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,301 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the mint

The recipe marks mint as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vanilla, cream):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Peppermintfits better
  4. Mintthe original

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