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Little Cherry & Chestnut Chocolate Brownies

Brownies are absolutely gorgeous. I've used cherries and chestnuts in mine – although it may not seem like the most obvious pairing, the chocolate makes them friends and I think they complement each other well. Arrange on boards or plates around the room for people to pick at; there won't be any left over!

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and chestnut work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 76 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

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Ingredients

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

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By jamieoliver. 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 + chestnuttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together76 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Chocolate + cocoa powdertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,587 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Chocolate + cocoatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Cocoa + cocoa powdertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Chestnut + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together353 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cocoa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, chocolate, chestnut, cocoa powder, flour, sugar, egg):

  1. Almondbetter flavor fit
  2. Hazelnutbetter flavor fit
  3. Peanutbetter flavor fit
  4. Cocoathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, chocolate, chestnut, cocoa powder, flour, sugar, egg. 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).