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Goat Cheese Mousse with Blueberry Compote

Greek yogurt lightens up this creamy treat and adds the perfect tang!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Goat Cheese Mousse with Blueberry Compote

Why it works: Sugar and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Goat Cheese Mousse with Blueberry Compote

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

399Calories
25 gProtein
15 gFat
44 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

  2. Yogurt + goat cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together36 recipes

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

  3. Cream + yogurttop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,478 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  4. Cream + goat cheesetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together70 recipes

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

  5. Sugar + lemontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together53,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Sugar and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 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 (sugar, cream, yogurt, goat cheese):

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

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