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Strawberry Almond Cream Cups

Mini phyllo cups are filled with the most delicious almond cream, topped with a strawberry and drizzled with chocolate. They are the perfect after-dinner treat!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Strawberry Almond Cream Cups

Why it works: Cream cheese and yogurt work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 873 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Strawberry Almond Cream Cups

Serves 6
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

510Calories
22 gProtein
26 gFat
50 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7

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. Cream cheese + yogurttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together873 recipes

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

  2. Almond + chocolatetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

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

  3. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

  4. Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  5. Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the almond

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

  1. Pecansfits about as well
  2. Almondthe original
  3. Peanutfits about as well
  4. Walnutfits about as well

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