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Creme Curd Cups

"Cute mini phyllo pastry shells are filled with a fluffy combination of lemon curd, cream cheese, and whipped cream to make elegant treats all ready for you to decorate as you please."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Creme Curd Cups

Why it works: Cream and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,466 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Creme Curd Cups

8 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

317Calories
4 gProtein
24 gFat
23 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Fruitnot 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. Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  2. Cream + cream cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  3. Cream cheese + chocolatetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together894 recipes

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

  4. Lemon + cream cheesetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together881 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  5. Cream + lemontop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together15,640 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Cream and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,640 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 (cream, cream cheese, chocolate):

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

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