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Chocolate & Pistachio Mousses

This elegant chocolate dessert, from Gordon Ramsay, is heaven for chocoholics

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Chocolate & Pistachio Mousses

Why it works: Chocolate and cocoa work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

Chocolate & Pistachio Mousses

Serves 6

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

365Calories
8 gProtein
27 gFat
25 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pistachio1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels)159
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Meringuenot in our table0
Brandynot 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 + cocoatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

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

  3. Chocolate + pistachiotop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together209 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Chocolate + brandytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together287 recipes

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

  5. Cream + pistachiotop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together634 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

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

Swap the pistachio

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

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Nutsfits better
  3. Walnutfits about as well
  4. Pistachiothe original

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