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Pastel Galletas

"I got this authentic Mexican dessert recipe from a friend from Mexico. The fruit, cookies and creamy filling mixture give it a delicious and unique flavor and texture. You can find the cookies in the Mexican foods section of your local grocery store."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Pastel Galletas

Why it works: Condensed milk and evaporated milk match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 168 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Pastel Galletas

1 9x13-inch pan
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

318Calories
11 gProtein
18 gFat
31 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Fruitnot in our table0
Cocktailnot 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. Condensed milk + evaporated milktop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together168 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Lime + peachtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together130 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Condensed milk + cream cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together164 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).

  4. Cream cheese + peachtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together51 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Condensed milk + limetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the peach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (condensed milk, evaporated milk, cream cheese, lime):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Bananafits better
  4. Peachthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against condensed milk, evaporated milk, cream cheese, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.