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Chocolate De Luxe

A chocolate dessert made with German sweet chocolate, egg, vanilla, milk, and sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By New Orleans Federation of Clubs · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,404 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Chocolate De Luxe

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over steam.

  2. Blend the melted chocolate with warm milk.

  3. Beat the egg with sugar.

  4. After the milk and chocolate have been scalded, add the egg and sugar mixture, stirring carefully to prevent curdling.

  5. Cook long enough to blend well.

  6. Add flavoring and sugar to taste.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

204Calories
1 gProtein
9 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cakenot 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 New Orleans Federation of Clubs. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

Explore the science

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. Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

German sweet chocolate
Provides the main chocolate flavour and body of the drink.
Egg (in the method)
Thickens the mixture as it cooks, giving it a smoother, richer texture.
Sugar
Sweetens the chocolate and balances its bitterness.

The step that matters

Adding the egg and sugar mixture. Egg proteins can curdle when they meet very hot liquid. Stirring carefully while adding the mixture to the scalded milk and chocolate helps it blend smoothly and keeps the texture silky.

“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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