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Stem Ginger Cheesecake with Pineapple Sorbet Recipe

A rather posh cheesecake, served with pineapple sorbet and wild sorrel.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Stem Ginger Cheesecake with Pineapple Sorbet Recipe

8 people
Prep45 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

486Calories
7 gProtein
35 gFat
44 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Waternot in our table0
Syrupnot 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 lovefood. 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 + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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

  3. Ginger + pineappletop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together559 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Ginger + pinetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Cream cheese + pineappletop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together250 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, sugar, cream, ginger, pine, pineapple, syrup):

  1. Pistachiofits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Walnutfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

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