Why it works: Orange and cocoa work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 53 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Orange Tartlets
Ingredients
Directions
Cover and decorate the edge of a tart shell with pastry.
Fill the shell with orange marmalade.
Strap it across and bake until golden.
Grate fresh cocoa nut all over when cold.
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.
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.
-
Orange + cocoatop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together53 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
You might also like
The free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.
Orange Bundt Cake349 recipes
Orange Cream Rice Pudding121 recipes
Orange Gelatin100 recipes
Orange Sherbet73 recipes