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Easiest Mocha-Caramel Sauce

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and cream match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 41,494 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes about 1 cup

Ingredients

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

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By biggirlssmallkitchen. 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. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Cream + cocoa powdertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together825 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Cream + sugartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,437 recipes

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

  4. Butter + cocoa powdertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,117 recipes

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

  5. Sugar + cocoa powdertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,919 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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