Name: Lime Cheesecake with Strawberries
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 4 strawberries, hulled and sliced; 300ml/½ pint double cream; 3 tbsp Greek-style yoghurt; 4 tbsp condensed milk; ½ lime, zest; 55g/2oz dark chocolate

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 ↓

Lime Cheesecake with Strawberries

Serves 2

Prep30 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

415Calories

11 gProtein

23 gFat

45 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcfood. 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.

Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,466 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Condensed milk + chocolatetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together541 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream + condensed milktop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together416 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Condensed milk + limetop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together122 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream + limetop 31% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together740 recipes

Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

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 (cream, condensed milk, chocolate):

Vanillafits better
Coconutfits better
Strawberryfits better
Limethe original

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

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