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Almond Cheese Cakes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,679 recipes. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓

Almond Cheese Cakes

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

169Calories
7 gProtein
10 gFat
13 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7

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

Recipe from a historical cookbook.

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.

  1. Almond + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,679 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  2. Almond + cheesetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together284 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

  3. Cheese + sugartop 36% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,387 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, sugar):

  1. Walnutfits about as well
  2. Beansfits about as well
  3. Almondthe original
  4. Chestnutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.