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To Make Cocoa

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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To Make Cocoa

Why it works: Cocoa and sugar work together. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 956 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

To Make Cocoa

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Break cocoa nibs into small pieces using a mortar.

  2. Combine with cold water in a pot over low heat.

  3. Stir gently until smooth like custard.

  4. Pour into deep cups and serve with sugar and iced water.

  5. Serve with delicate dried toast cut into narrow strips or 'ladies' fingers'.

  6. If cocoa is too thick, add a little water.

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. Cocoa + sugartop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together956 recipes

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

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

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