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Chocolate and orange is a pairing with a long history in British confectionery, and it works on chemistry rather than tradition. Orange oil is full of limonene, a compound that cuts through fat, which is exactly what a cocoa-heavy base needs. Without something acidic a chocolate ice cream can read flat and heavy, and citrus lifts it in a way that another sweet flavour can't. The balance is the difficult part. Too little orange and it's a chocolate ice cream with a note nobody can place, too much and the cocoa becomes a background to a citrus dessert. Made with West Country cream.
