Name: Sprouted Kitchen Fresh Mint Chip Frozen Yogurt
Prep time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1 cup fresh mint leaves; 1 cup / 240 ml heavy cream; 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons / 130 ml brown rice syrup; Scant 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract; 2 cups / 480 ml whole-milk Greek yogurt; 2 ounces good quality dark chocolate, finely chopped

Why it works: Mint and peppermint share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 77 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Sprouted Kitchen Fresh Mint Chip Frozen Yogurt

Prep60 min

Ingredients

1 cup fresh mint leaves
1 cup / 240 ml heavy cream
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons / 130 ml brown rice syrup
Scant 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
2 cups / 480 ml whole-milk Greek yogurt
2 ounces good quality dark chocolate, finely chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

512Calories

23 gProtein

15 gFat

68 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Peppermint	not in our table	0
Syrup	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By 101cookbooks. 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.

Mint + pepperminttop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together77 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Rice + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,374 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Rice + pepperminttop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together433 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Mint + yogurttop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together497 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, rice, syrup, peppermint, milk, yogurt, chocolate):

Cinnamonfits better
Cardamomfits better
Nutmegfits better
Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, rice, syrup, peppermint, milk, yogurt, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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