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Tofu Cheesecake

"A vegan alternative to cheesecake. Very creamy and smooth. Top with fresh fruit, if desired."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Tofu Cheesecake

Why it works: Sugar and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Tofu Cheesecake

1 - 9 inch cheesecake
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

334Calories
10 gProtein
20 gFat
30 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Vanilla + lemontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Tofu + vanillatop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together105 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Tofu + lemontop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together179 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Sugar + lemontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together53,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Sugar and vanilla 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 (tofu, sugar, vanilla):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

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