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Chocolate Truffle Egg Box

Pop rich chocolate sweets rolled in nuts and cocoa in an empty egg box for an extra-special finish

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Chocolate Truffle Egg Box

Why it works: Chocolate and hazelnut work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 350 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Chocolate Truffle Egg Box

MAKES 12 truffles or 2 gift boxes
Prep20 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

433Calories
16 gProtein
27 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Hazelnutnot 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. Chocolate + hazelnuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together350 recipes

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

  2. Cocoa powder + hazelnuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together93 recipes

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

  3. Cream + cocoa powdertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together826 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  5. Chocolate + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,128 recipes

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

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

Swap the hazelnut

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

  1. Hazelnutthe original
  2. Cocoafits about as well
  3. Peanutfits about as well
  4. Pecansfits less well

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