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Cherry Cheesecake Shooters

This version takes a little longer…but it’s so good.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Cherry Cheesecake Shooters

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 ↓

Cherry Cheesecake Shooters

Serves 18
Prep3 hr
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

975Calories
25 gProtein
32 gFat
152 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Whiskeynot 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. Lemon + almondtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

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

  4. Honey + cream cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together170 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Honey + almondtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,069 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (honey, butter, almond, cream cheese, condensed milk):

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

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