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New York-Style Cheesecake

This New York-Style Cheesecake is smooth, creamy and delicious! I added a little bit of mascarpone and yogurt to the filling, just to make it a bit softer. Honestly, this is one of the best cheesecakes I’ve ever baked!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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New York-Style Cheesecake

Why it works: Butter and cream cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,747 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

New York-Style Cheesecake

Serves 12
Prep20 min
Cook1 hr 15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1027Calories
40 gProtein
42 gFat
121 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Mascarpone2 tbsp (28g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Toppingnot 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. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

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

  4. Vanilla + yogurttop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,191 recipes

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

  5. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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 (flour, sugar, egg, butter, cream cheese, vanilla, yogurt):

  1. Blueberryfits better
  2. Bananafits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

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