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Iced Hazelnut Zabagliones

An indulgent but refreshing Italian-style dessert

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Hazelnut and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 350 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep25 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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

  1. Hazelnut + chocolatetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together350 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  2. Chocolate + coffeetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).

  3. Hazelnut + coffeetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, earthy).

  4. Cream + spreadtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together95 recipes

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

  5. Cream + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,463 recipes

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

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