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Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe

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By chow · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe

Why it works: Milk and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and 29,399 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe

About 2 cups (16 ounces)

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By chow. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Milk + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together29,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Cream + vinegartop 25% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,064 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Milk + vinegartop 28% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,949 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

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