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Rum and Chocolate Cheesecake

"This tastes wonderful just as it is without any decoration but you may wish to arrange halved strawberries or other fruits around the rim and sprinkle chopped nuts in the center."

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Rum and Chocolate Cheesecake

Why it works: Tofu and soy milk share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 47 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Rum and Chocolate Cheesecake

1 9 inch springform pan
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr 15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1321Calories
36 gProtein
62 gFat
146 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Soy Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
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.

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. Tofu + soy milktop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Flour + soy milktop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Almond + sunflowertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Almond + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Wheat + sunflowertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together78 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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 (wheat, flour, tofu, sugar, cocoa powder, sunflower, soy milk):

  1. Cashew nutfits better
  2. Almondthe original
  3. Flaxseedfits about as well
  4. Milletfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, tofu, sugar, cocoa powder, sunflower, soy milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.