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Leftover Turkey Cheesecake

"I saw a recipe for this about 8 years ago, but did not have it. Since then I have been searching several websites for it with no luck. This Christmas I decided to try my have hand at it, and my husband agreed that it was a success! Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Leftover Turkey Cheesecake

Why it works: Turkey and cranberry work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 97 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Leftover Turkey Cheesecake

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

562Calories
50 gProtein
29 gFat
20 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Chicken100g cooked165
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Stuffingnot in our table0
Meatnot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0

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

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Turkey + cranberrytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together97 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  2. Cream cheese + ricotta cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  3. Turkey + saucetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together531 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Cranberry + saucetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together480 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Cream cheese + cranberrytop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together36 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the cranberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, cream cheese, ricotta cheese, egg, sauce):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Cranberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, cream cheese, ricotta cheese, egg, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.