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Chia, Dark Chocolate and Mint Shake

By pickypalate · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Chia and yogurt work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 40 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

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2 Servings

Ingredients

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

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By pickypalate. 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 + yogurttop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together40 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Coconut + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,294 recipes

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

  3. Yogurt + honeytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together659 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Coconut + chiatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together66 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Vanilla + honeytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,262 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 peppermint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coconut, chia, cocoa powder, vanilla, yogurt, honey):

  1. Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
  2. Gingerabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Peppermintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against coconut, chia, cocoa powder, vanilla, yogurt, honey. 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).