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Strawberry Cheesecake I

A chilled strawberry cheesecake with a graham cracker crust, gelatin, cottage cheese, and strawberry glaze.

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Why it works: Gelatin and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,778 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Strawberry Cheesecake I

Oven400°F
Time5 to 7 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Crush fresh strawberries, or thaw frozen unsweetened.

  2. For 1/3 cup evaporated milk, place a scant 2 tbsp powdered skim milk in a measuring cup and fill with liquid milk up to the 1/3 mark.

  3. Preheat oven to 400°F.

  4. Melt margarine in a 9-inch pan.

  5. Add crumbs and mix.

  6. Press mixture over the bottom of the pan.

  7. Bake 5 to 7 minutes.

  8. Cool.

Make the filling

  1. Sieve cottage cheese or puree in a blender.

  2. Add milk and stir until smooth.

  3. Chill.

  4. In a saucepan, mix 1 ½ tbsp gelatin and 1 tbsp sugar.

  5. Add orange juice and grated rind.

  6. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly until gelatin is dissolved.

  7. Remove from heat.

  8. Let stand at room temperature.

  9. In a medium bowl, beat egg whites with salt until stiff.

  10. Fold in gelatin and cottage cheese.

  11. Pour mixture over the crust.

  12. Refrigerate until set before adding glaze.

Glaze and finish

  1. For the glaze, mix the remaining ½ tbsp gelatin with water and 1 tbsp sugar.

  2. Heat until gelatin is dissolved.

  3. Stir in crushed strawberries.

  4. Pour glaze over the cheesecake and spread with a spatula.

  5. Refrigerate until firm.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

676Calories
35 gProtein
31 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Gelatin1 envelope (7g)23
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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. Gelatin + sugartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,778 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Cottage cheese + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together239 recipes

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

  3. Cottage cheese + eggtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together601 recipes

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

  4. Milk + orangetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,696 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Graham cracker crumbs
Form the crisp base that holds the cheesecake filling together.
Cottage cheese
Provides the creamy, dense body of the cheesecake filling.
Unflavored gelatin
Sets the filling and glaze so they hold a firm, sliceable shape.
Egg whites
Whipped to stiff peaks, they lighten the filling and add airy structure.
Strawberries
Add fruit flavor and color to the glaze on top.

The step that matters

Beating the egg whites until stiff. Under-whipped whites will not hold air, so the filling turns dense instead of light. Over-beating makes them dry and grainy, and they then fold in unevenly.

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cottage cheese, milk, gelatin, sugar, egg):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cottage cheese, milk, gelatin, sugar, egg. 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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