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Fig and Date Ricotta Cake

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Fig and Date Ricotta Cake

Why it works: Orange and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Fig and Date Ricotta Cake

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1293Calories
38 gProtein
51 gFat
175 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Dates1 date (24g) medjool66
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Dried Fig1 medium (50g)37
Fig1 medium (50g)37
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Syrupnot in our table0
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.

By bbcgoodfood. 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.

  1. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Dates + figtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together318 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  3. Orange + figtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together407 recipes

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

  4. Orange + datestop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together151 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Lemon + figtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together763 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the dates

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, egg, orange, lemon, fig, flour):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Blackberryfits better
  4. Datesthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, egg, orange, lemon, fig, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.