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Lady's Kisses-Baci Di Dama

This a perfect little treat to offer someone you love or simply to have on this day: Saint Valentine's. It's an Italian specialty from Turin, from where the best hazelnuts are from... and the name Baci di Dama, literally 'Lady's Kisses', as they are paired together to resemble a kiss. The best cookies ever!! Very easy to make and they taste delicious!!

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and coffee match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,497 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells buttery, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 24 cookies

Ingredients

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

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

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

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

  3. Cocoa powder + coffeetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

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

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

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the hazelnut

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

  1. Cocoaabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Hazelnutthe original
  3. Almondabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Peanutabout as good a flavor fit

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