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Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Pecan Crust

A festive pumpkin cheesecake baked in a gingersnap and pecan crust and topped with caramel sauce and pecan-studded whipped cream. Hello, Love!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Pecan Crust

Why it works: Pecans and pumpkin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 272 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Pecan Crust

Serves 12
Prep45 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

482Calories
12 gProtein
35 gFat
35 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 13 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Syrupnot in our table0
Waternot 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. Pecans + pumpkintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together272 recipes

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

  2. Cinnamon + pumpkintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,744 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Pecans + cinnamontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  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 pumpkin

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits about as well
  3. Pumpkinthe original
  4. Figfits about as well

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