Name: Ricotta Sweet-sandwich
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 6 slices of homemade french "cramique", 1cm thick (a soft loaf made with flour, eggs, yeast, milk and raisins); 150g of ricotta; 2 tbsp of sugar; 2 tbsp of dark chocolate, finely chopped; 3-4 tsp of milk; 1 tbsp of cocoa, for sprinkling; 1 tbsp of cointreau (optional)

Why it works: Flour and raisin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,075 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Ricotta Sweet-sandwich

Serves 2

Ingredients

6 slices of homemade french "cramique", 1cm thick (a soft loaf made with flour, eggs, yeast, milk and raisins)
150g of ricotta
2 tbsp of sugar
2 tbsp of dark chocolate, finely chopped
3-4 tsp of milk
1 tbsp of cocoa, for sprinkling
1 tbsp of cointreau (optional)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1122Calories

40 gProtein

34 gFat

159 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Ricotta Cheese	1/2 cup (124g) part-skim	174
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49

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.

Flour + raisintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,075 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Chocolate + cocoatop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together165 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Milk + cocoatop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together643 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,404 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Raisin + sugartop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,481 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the cocoa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, egg, milk, raisin, sugar, chocolate):

Almondfits better
Chestnutfits better
Pistachiofits better
Cocoathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, milk, raisin, sugar, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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