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Avocado Truffles

Rich chocolatey truffles made with avocado instead of cream.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Avocado Truffles

Why it works: Avocado and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 800 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Avocado Truffles

Serves 12
Prep15 min
Cook4 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

407Calories
5 gProtein
31 gFat
34 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Avocado + lemontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together800 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Chocolate + avocadotop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Chocolate + lemontop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,096 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the lemon

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

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

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