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Hazelnut Truffles

I confess that I roll my eyes a bit at the overhearing of some new truffle recipe. I don’t mean to over-simplify them — yes, fabulous chocolatiers from time to time find new ways to flavor, construct or adorn these decadent orbs of Awesome — but it all simmers down to the same thing: they’re just firm ganache, and ganache is just melted chocolate mixed with cream.

By smittenkitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Hazelnut Truffles

Why it works: Hazelnut and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 279 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Hazelnut Truffles

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

218Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Hazelnutnot in our table0
Coffeenot 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 smittenkitchen. 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. Hazelnut + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together279 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Chocolate + coffeetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).

  3. Chocolate + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Hazelnut + chocolatetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together350 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  5. Hazelnut + coffeetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, earthy).

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

Swap the hazelnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, cream, coffee, vanilla):

  1. Hazelnutthe original
  2. Cocoafits about as well
  3. Almondfits less well
  4. Nutsfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against chocolate, cream, coffee, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.