Perfect Pairings & Recipes forBittersweet Chocolate

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Flavour Analysis

At first, bittersweet chocolate shows insistent roasted notes, and then toast, oleic acid and coffee come into focus. An assam tea note contributes a dry sensation, while a loam note adds loamy earth, and sugar and persimmon notes give the profile further complexity.

Dominant Flavour Families

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Flavour profile of bittersweet chocolate

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Roasted, bittersweet and chocolate notes distinctive of pure cacao or dark chocolate. Strong in bittersweet chocolate.

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To identify the flavour notes that frequently appear together, we analysed the ingredient pairings in more than 30,000 recipes. By breaking each ingredient into its underlying flavour notes, we can see which notes tend to appear together across successful combinations, revealing the associations that make certain pairings naturally harmonious.

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