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Southwest Appetizer Cheesecake

"This is a beautiful appetizer, and always a crowd pleaser. Spread this cake on crackers or serve with corn chips."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Southwest Appetizer Cheesecake

Why it works: Cream cheese and cottage cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 77 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Southwest Appetizer Cheesecake

1 9-inch springform cake
Prep20 min
Cook1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

814Calories
50 gProtein
46 gFat
54 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4

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. Cream cheese + cottage cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together77 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Cheese + cottage cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together126 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Cream cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

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

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the jalapeno

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

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Dillfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

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