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Chocolate Orange Truffles

These are actually quite a healthy treat (the main ingredients are dates and walnuts). They are also really quick and easy to make.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Chocolate Orange Truffles

Why it works: Walnut and dates work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 302 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Chocolate Orange Truffles

Makes 14 truffles

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

309Calories
4 gProtein
11 gFat
50 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26

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. Walnut + datestop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together302 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Walnut + chocolatetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,548 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Dates + orangetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together151 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Walnut + orangetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,058 recipes

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

  5. Dates + chocolatetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

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

Swap the dates

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (walnut, cocoa powder, orange, chocolate):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Datesthe original

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