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Lime Mousse Cheesecake

A graham cracker crust, topped with a cool and refreshing lime mousse cheesecake filling. It’s a perfect summer dessert!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Lime Mousse Cheesecake

Why it works: Butter and cream cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,747 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Lime Mousse Cheesecake

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook6 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

327Calories
3 gProtein
23 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Toppingnot 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 tastykitchen. 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. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Lime + cream cheesetop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  4. Sugar + cream cheesetop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,791 recipes

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

  5. Sugar + limetop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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

Swap the lime

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Limethe original

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