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Eggnog Milkshake

A vegan milkshake made with Silk Nog and soy vanilla ice cream, topped with nutmeg.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Vanilla and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,781 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Eggnog Milkshake

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Blend the nog and ice cream together in a blender.

  2. Pour into a glass, and sprinkle with nutmeg.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

84Calories
1 gProtein
6 gFat
3 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9

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

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Vanilla + nutmegtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cream + nutmegtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,920 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Vanilla + creamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together12,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

Vanilla and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,301 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Silk nog
Provides the liquid base and the eggnog flavour of the shake.
Soy dream vanilla ice cream
Supplies cold creaminess and body, thickening the shake as it blends.

Swap the vanilla

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

  1. Vanillathe original
  2. Coconutfits about as well
  3. Raisinfits about as well
  4. Figfits less well

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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