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Caramel Slice

A heavenly combination of chewy caramel, crumbly biscuit and smooth chocolate.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Caramel Slice

Why it works: Condensed milk and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Caramel Slice

Serves 9

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1075Calories
15 gProtein
76 gFat
87 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Syrupnot 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. Condensed milk + syruptop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Coconut + chocolatetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,107 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Biscuit + coconuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together31 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Condensed milk + sugartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the coconut

The recipe marks coconut as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (biscuit, butter, condensed milk, sugar, maple syrup, syrup, chocolate):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutthe original
  3. Pumpkinfits less well
  4. Cherryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against biscuit, butter, condensed milk, sugar, maple syrup, syrup, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.