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Mandarin Orange Cheesecake with Orange Sauce

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Why it works: Mandarin orange and cream cheese work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 21 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

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

  • orange Sauce

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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. Mandarin orange + cream cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Mandarin orange + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Wheat + breadtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together196 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  4. Egg + breadtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together22,584 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Wheat + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together193 recipes

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

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