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Chocolate Coated Fruits

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Strawberry and cherry work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 217 recipes. Both carry ethyl pentanoate, which smells yeast, fruit. The science ↓

Chocolate Coated Fruits

Serves 8
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

291Calories
4 gProtein
10 gFat
51 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49

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

By bbcfood. 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. Strawberry + cherrytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together217 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  2. Cherry + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together576 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Strawberry + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together447 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the strawberry

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

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

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