Why it works: Cocoa and cream work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 304 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Cocoa-nut Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Once the pudding is finished, add the grated cocoa-nut and mix well.
Pour the mixture into a mold.
Serve with whipped cream or boiled custard made with egg yolks.
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.
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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.
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Cocoa + creamtop 25% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together304 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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