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Chocolate Coffee

A hot beverage made by steeping chocolate in boiling water, then adding boiling milk and boiling again.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,128 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Chocolate Coffee

Ingredients

Directions

Make the chocolate

  1. Steep the chocolate in ½ pint (120 ml) of boiling water.

  2. Combine the steeped chocolate with 2 quarts of boiling milk.

Boil and serve

  1. Boil the mixture together for 20 minutes.

  2. Serve hot.

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.

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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. Chocolate + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,128 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Chocolate
Supplies the main flavor and, with the milk's fat, a rich body.
Milk
Adds fat and milk solids for a creamy, smooth texture.

The step that matters

Boil the mixture together for 20 minutes. Milk proteins and sugars can scorch and stick to the bottom of the pan during a long boil. Stir often over moderate heat and watch for foaming, which can boil over.

“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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