Name: Coffee Ice Cream
Ingredients: 3 cups whole milk; 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons corn starch (or tapioca starch); 3 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) cream cheese, softened; 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt; 1 cup heavy cream; 3/4 cup turbinado (raw) sugar; 3 tablespoons agave nectar; 1/4 cup dark-roast coffee beans, coarsely ground

Why it works: Corn and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,211 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Coffee Ice Cream

Ingredients

3 cups whole milk
1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons corn starch (or tapioca starch)
3 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup turbinado (raw) sugar
3 tablespoons agave nectar
1/4 cup dark-roast coffee beans, coarsely ground

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

824Calories

23 gProtein

24 gFat

127 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Agave	1 tsp (7g)	21
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Coffee	not in our table	0
Bean	not in our table	0

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

By cookieandkate. 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.

Corn + beanstop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,211 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Agave + beanstop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Milk + coffeetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,202 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).
Milk + corntop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,955 recipes

Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

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

Swap the beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, corn, cream cheese, cream, sugar, agave, coffee):

Almondfits about as well
Hazelnutfits about as well
Beansthe original
Peanutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, corn, cream cheese, cream, sugar, agave, coffee. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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