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Spiced Hot Coconut Drink

Hemsley + Hemsley’s low-sugar take on a bedtime drink is an indulgent night-time treat.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Spiced Hot Coconut Drink

Why it works: Carob and vanilla share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 31 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Spiced Hot Coconut Drink

Serves 6
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

420Calories
3 gProtein
28 gFat
42 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Carobnot in our table0
Syrupnot 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 bbcfood. 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. Carob + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together31 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Vanilla + coconuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

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

  3. Almond + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  4. Carob + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Vanilla + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the date

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carob, vanilla, almond, coconut, milk):

  1. Bananafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Datethe original

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