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Chocolate Roulade

Dark and indulgent, this chocolate roulade oozing with its spiced berry filling is perfect for Christmas entertaining. It can be made ahead of time and frozen, simply defrost, dust with icing sugar and serve.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Chocolate Roulade

Serves 8

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

397Calories
10 gProtein
20 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Redcurrantnot in our table0
Berrynot 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. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

  2. Chocolate + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  3. Chocolate + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Chocolate + berrytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Cream + berrytop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

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

Swap the berry

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

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

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