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Mango Chia Pudding

This mango chia pudding is nothing short of versatile. It’s a perfect make-ahead breakfast or a dessert to cap off your evening meal.

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Why it works: Chia and agave share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 23 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep5 hr

Ingredients

Contains: tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. In a large bowl, whisk together the chia seeds, almond milk, agave nectar and vanilla extract until no clumps remain.

  2. Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes, then whisk again to break up any seeds that have clumped together.

  3. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or overnight, until the pudding is thick and gel-like.

  4. Place the frozen mango chunks in a microwave-safe bowl and heat in short bursts, or let them thaw at room temperature until soft.

  5. Blend the mango until smooth, adding a splash of water only if needed to loosen it.

  6. Divide the chia pudding among 4 glasses or bowls.

  7. Spoon the mango purée over the chia pudding in each serving, then serve chilled.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chia + agavetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Chia + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Agave + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together248 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Vanilla + mangotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together160 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chia, milk, agave, vanilla, mango):

  1. Almondthe original
  2. Cashew nutabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against chia, milk, agave, vanilla, mango. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).