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Chocolate Layer Dessert

A low fat, healthy(ish) layered dessert with chocolate mousse, prune puree and orange curd yoghurt

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Chocolate Layer Dessert

Why it works: Orange and tangerine work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 103 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Chocolate Layer Dessert

Makes 4 glasses

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

344Calories
9 gProtein
14 gFat
45 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 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
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Prunenot in our table0
Satsumanot in our table0
Tangerinenot 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. Orange + tangerinetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together103 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Chocolate + orangetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together928 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).

  4. Sugar + orangetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Sugar and orange barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,212 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the tangerine

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Tangerinethe original

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