Name: Quick Lemon Chambord® Tiramisu
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 pint heavy cream; 3 tablespoons raspberry flavored liqueur (such as Chambord®); 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature; 1 (16 ounce) prepared lemon pound cake, cut into 1/4-inch slices; 1 (10 ounce) package frozen raspberries in syrup, thawed

Why it works: Raspberry and vanilla work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 950 recipes. Both carry ethyl benzoate, which smells fruity, sweet. The science ↓

Quick Lemon Chambord® Tiramisu

8 servings

Prep15 min

Ingredients

1 pint heavy cream
3 tablespoons raspberry flavored liqueur (such as Chambord®)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
1 (16 ounce) prepared lemon pound cake, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1 (10 ounce) package frozen raspberries in syrup, thawed

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

287Calories

4 gProtein

16 gFat

34 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Raspberry	1 cup (123g)	64
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Cake	not in our table	0
Syrup	not in our table	0

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.

Raspberry + vanillatop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together950 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (fruity, sweet).
Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,842 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Raspberry + lemontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,109 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Vanilla + sugartop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together35,032 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

Vanilla and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the lemon

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

Strawberryfits better
Peachfits better
Blackberryfits better
Lemonthe original

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

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