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Saffron and Cointreau Cheesecake on Gingerbread

"This saffron and Cointreau cheesecake flavored with honey is built on a gingersnap crust."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Saffron and Cointreau Cheesecake on Gingerbread

Why it works: Orange and saffron work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 185 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Saffron and Cointreau Cheesecake on Gingerbread

1 cheesecake
Prep40 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

546Calories
7 gProtein
34 gFat
57 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Nutnot in our table0
Saffronnot 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. Orange + saffrontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together185 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Ginger + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,833 recipes

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

  3. Ginger + saffrontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together418 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Biscuit + saffrontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

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

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (biscuit, butter, orange, saffron, cream cheese, honey, cream):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Thymefits about as well
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against biscuit, butter, orange, saffron, cream cheese, honey, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.