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Banoffee Millefeuilles with Chocolate and Caramel Icing

Mille feuille - meaning "a thousand sheets" - refers to the layers of buttery pastry in these treats for a special tea time.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Banoffee Millefeuilles with Chocolate and Caramel Icing

Makes 12
Prep2 hr
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1184Calories
24 gProtein
48 gFat
164 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Lard1 tbsp (12.8g)115
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. White wine + bananatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. White wine + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, white wine, vinegar, sugar, condensed milk, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Strawberryfits about as well
  3. Bananathe original
  4. Raisinfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, flour, white wine, vinegar, sugar, condensed milk, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.