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Rocky Road Recipe

Here is a really easy and tasty recipe for Rocky Road. There are so many variations, you can add nuts, dried fruit and biscuits it really is up to you.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Biscuit and raisin work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Rocky Road Recipe

Makes 20 pieces

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

572Calories
7 gProtein
28 gFat
77 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Teanot in our table0
Syrupnot in our table0
Marshmallownot in our table0

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.

  1. Biscuit + raisintop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Syrup + cocoa powdertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Biscuit + teatop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together107 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Butter + cocoa powdertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

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

  5. Biscuit + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,009 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (biscuit, tea, butter, syrup, cocoa powder):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raspberryfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against biscuit, tea, butter, syrup, cocoa powder. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.