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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. Coffee + hazelnuttop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together86 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, earthy).

2. Cream + coffeetop 17% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together2,339 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

3. Cream + hazelnuttop 17% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together332 recipes

   Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

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

What each ingredient does

Bailey's irish cream

Adds creamy richness and sweetness, forming the body of the layered drink.

Kahlua coffee liqueur

Adds coffee flavour and sweetness, and its density helps it sit at the bottom of the layers.

Frangelico hazelnut liqueur

Adds nutty, sweet aroma and flavour to the top layer.

The step that matters

Swap the hazelnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, coffee):

1. Cocoafits better
2. Hazelnutthe original
3. Nutsfits less well
4. Peanutfits less well

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