Name: Griddled Bananas with Nutty Chocolate Custard
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 8 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 ripe bananas , peeled and sliced at an angle into 2cm slices; 2 x 150g pots low-fat custard; 2 squares dark chocolate; 1 tbsp chopped toasted hazelnuts

Why it works: Chocolate and hazelnut work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 350 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Griddled Bananas with Nutty Chocolate Custard

Serves 2

Prep5 min

Cook8 min

Ingredients

2 ripe bananas , peeled and sliced at an angle into 2cm slices
2 x 150g pots low-fat custard
2 squares dark chocolate
1 tbsp chopped toasted hazelnuts

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

260Calories

3 gProtein

9 gFat

44 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Banana	1 medium (118g)	105
Hazelnut	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 bbcgoodfood. 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.

Chocolate + hazelnuttop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together350 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
Banana + hazelnuttop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Banana + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together574 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

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

Swap the banana

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

Vanillafits better
Coconutfits better
Cherryfits better
Bananathe original

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

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