Why it works: Chocolate and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,543 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓
Chocolate Fondant
Ingredients
Directions
Make plain fondant and pour it onto a buttered platter.
While the fondant is hot, cover it with grated chocolate.
Finish as desired for fondant.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Chocolate + buttertop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together10,543 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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