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Amaretto Peach Cheesecake

A cheesecake made with cream cheese, peaches, and amaretto liqueur.

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Why it works: Peach and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 466 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

Oven450 degrees F., then 250 degrees F.

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Prepare the crust

  1. Combine margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.

  2. Blend in egg.

  3. Add flour; mix well.

  4. Spread dough onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

  5. Bake at 450 degrees F., 10 minutes.

Make the filling

  1. Peach halves should be drained, and then pureed.

  2. Combine cream cheese, sugar and flour.

  3. Mix at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.

  4. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

  5. Add peaches and liqueur; mix well.

Bake and finish

  1. Pour over crust.

  2. Bake at 450 degrees F., 10 minutes.

  3. Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees F.; continue baking 65 minutes.

  4. Loosen cake from rim of pan.

  5. Cool before removing rim of pan.

  6. Garnish with additional peach slices and sliced almonds, if desired.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Peach + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together466 recipes

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

  2. Flour + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Egg + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together104,138 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Cream cheese + peachtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together51 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Sugar + peachtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together2,308 recipes

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

Egg and flour share little aroma chemistry, yet 104,138 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Cream cheese
Provides the rich, dense body that gives the cheesecake its creamy texture.
Eggs
Set during baking to give the filling structure and firmness.
Flour
Adds body to the crust and helps stabilize the filling.
Margarine
Adds fat for a tender, rich crust.
Canned peach halves
Add fruit moisture, sweetness and flavor to the filling.
Almond flavored liqueur
Adds almond aroma and flavor to the filling.

The step that matters

Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees F. and bake 65 minutes. Baking at 450 degrees F. after the crust is too hot for a custard-style filling, so the cheese mixture can crack or dry. The lower, gentler heat lets the eggs set slowly and evenly.

“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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