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Low-Carb Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake

"All your friends will love this low-carb cheesecake made with a nut and low-carb cookie crust and a marbled chocolate filling - it is not just for those on a low-carb diet!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Low-Carb Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake

Why it works: Macadamia nut and flour match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 124 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Low-Carb Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake

16 servings
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1042Calories
41 gProtein
43 gFat
121 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Macadamianot 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. Macadamia nut + flourtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together124 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Chocolate + macadamia nuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together82 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Chocolate + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the macadamia nut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, butter, egg, cream cheese, cream, flour):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Pecansfits about as well
  3. Walnutfits about as well
  4. Macadamia nutthe original

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