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Rasbari

A Persian cheese dessert made from ricotta, cream cheese, condensed milk, and flavored with cardamom, saffron, rose water, and almonds.

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Why it works: Cardamom and rose work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 101 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Rasbari

Oven325°F
Time15-20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the cheese balls

  1. In a large bowl, combine ricotta cheese, cream cheese, flour, condensed milk, and 1 cup of sugar.

  2. Mix thoroughly to a smooth, stiff mixture.

  3. Make 1-inch balls and line them up on the bottom of a well-buttered baking pan.

  4. Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes at 325°F, or until the cheese balls are lightly browned.

  5. Transfer cooked cheese balls into a container.

Make the cream syrup

  1. In a saucepan, pour milk; add cardamom and saffron.

  2. Allow slow simmer, constantly stirring, until the milk has thickened into a syrupy consistency.

  3. Remove from heat.

Assemble and chill

  1. Pour cream syrup over the baked cheese balls.

  2. Add rose water and almond slivers.

  3. Refrigerate overnight.

  4. Serve cheese balls with chilled cream syrup.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

939Calories
34 gProtein
30 gFat
129 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Rosenot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Saffronnot 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.

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Explore the science

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. Cardamom + rosetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together101 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Flour + cardamomtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together643 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Condensed milk + sugartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Milk + cardamomtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together535 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Cream cheese + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,393 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Ricotta cheese
Forms the soft, creamy body of the cheese balls.
Cream cheese
Adds richness and a smoother, denser texture to the cheese balls.
Flour
Helps the cheese mixture hold its shape when formed into balls.
Condensed milk
Adds sweetness and body to the cheese mixture.
Half-and-half milk
Thickens on simmering into the syrup that coats the cheese balls.
Sugar
Sweetens the cheese balls and contributes to light browning in the oven.

The step that matters

Simmering the cream syrup. Simmering slowly while stirring constantly keeps the milk from scorching on the pan bottom and lets it reduce gradually into a thick syrup. Milk proteins can burn quickly at high heat, so low heat and steady stirring matter.

Swap the cardamom

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ricotta cheese, cream cheese, condensed milk, sugar, flour, milk, rose):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Cardamomthe original
  4. Peppermintfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against ricotta cheese, cream cheese, condensed milk, sugar, flour, milk, rose. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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