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Guinness Chocolate Pudding

By backtoherroots · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,018 recipes mention both. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

The recipe

(8 servings)
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. In a medium saucepan, whisk the eggs, flour, granulated sugar and pinch of salt until smooth and no lumps remain.

  2. Slowly whisk in the Guinness and chocolate almond milk until fully combined.

  3. Place the pan over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly, for 8 to 10 minutes until thickened. The mixture must reach 160°F (71°C) to make sure the eggs are cooked.

  4. Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the semisweet chocolate chips and vanilla extract until the chocolate melts and the pudding is smooth.

  5. Pour the pudding into serving dishes or a bowl. Cover the surface with plastic wrap pressed directly onto it and refrigerate for at least 2 hours until chilled and set.

  6. Just before serving, spoon the whipped topping over each portion of chilled pudding.

By backtoherroots. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chocolate + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,018 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

  4. Flour + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Chocolate + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, flour, sugar, chocolate, milk, vanilla):

  1. Almondthe original
  2. Cocoaabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Chestnutabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, flour, sugar, chocolate, milk, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).