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Orange Marmalade Truffles Recipe

These truffles are refreshingly simple: Just melt chocolate with cream, stir in all things orangy, let the chocolate set up, and roll into petite bites. Serve...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Orange Marmalade Truffles Recipe

Why it works: Cream and cocoa powder work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 826 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Orange Marmalade Truffles Recipe

About 60 truffles

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

268Calories
3 gProtein
14 gFat
32 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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. Cream + cocoa powdertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together826 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Chocolate + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  3. Chocolate + orangetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together928 recipes

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

  4. Orange + cocoa powdertop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together140 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-phenylacetic acid (honey-like).

  5. Cream + orangetop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,170 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the orange

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raspberryfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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