Name: Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: (1 quart)
Ingredients: 3 cups of washed, hulled and halved strawberries; 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened; 2/3 cup honey; 1 cup whole milk; 1/2 cup heavy cream; 1/8 teaspoon sea salt; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 1 tablespoon vodka (optional, helps keep ice cream from becoming hard)

Why it works: Cream and vodka work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 202 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

(1 quart)

Prep10 min

Ingredients

3 cups of washed, hulled and halved strawberries
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
2/3 cup honey
1 cup whole milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon vodka (optional, helps keep ice cream from becoming hard)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

475Calories

12 gProtein

29 gFat

47 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Ice Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Vodka	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By backtoherroots. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Cream + vodkatop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together202 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Honey + milktop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,336 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).
Cream cheese + honeytop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together170 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Cream cheese + milktop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,393 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Cream cheese + creamtop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,087 recipes

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

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, honey, milk, cream, vodka):

Vanillafits better
Strawberryfits better
Pineapplefits better
Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, honey, milk, cream, vodka. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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