In the pantry · 7 uses
cocoa
Bitterness and depth with almost no fat, so it dries out whatever it goes into. Bloom it in something hot before it meets the rest, or it stays powdery and dull.
5
dishes and drinks that need it
2
more where it is worth adding
80%
of those are under 30 min
What it is usually standing next to
Honey is in 80% of the dishes that call for it — close enough to be a rule rather than a habit.
Counted off required ingredients across the whole corpus. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.
If you have twenty minutes
Built on it · 5
Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.
Worth adding · 2
These work without it. They work better with it.