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Lime Cheesecake Parfaits with Coconut Whipped Cream

A creamy lime cheesecake filling layered with graham crackers and coconut whipped cream.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Lime Cheesecake Parfaits with Coconut Whipped Cream

Why it works: Lime and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 934 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Lime Cheesecake Parfaits with Coconut Whipped Cream

Serves 6
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

789Calories
18 gProtein
56 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Almond Milk1 cup (240ml) unsweetened30
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Dairynot 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. Lime + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Almond + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  3. Almond + spinachtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together352 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Lime + spinachtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together213 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Lime + almondtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together258 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (almond, maple syrup, coconut, spinach, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, maple syrup, coconut, spinach, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.