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Julia's Raspberry Cheesecake

healthy, low calorie, low fat, fresh and tasty raspberry cheesecake

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Julia's Raspberry Cheesecake

Why it works: Cheese and cottage cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 126 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Julia's Raspberry Cheesecake

Serves 8

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

490Calories
23 gProtein
22 gFat
53 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Teanot 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. Cheese + cottage cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together126 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Raspberry + biscuittop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together109 recipes

    Shared aroma: maltol (caramel, sweet).

  3. Tea + biscuittop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together107 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Raspberry + teatop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together61 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-beta-ionone (floral).

  5. Cheese + biscuittop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together252 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the raspberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, cottage cheese, sugar, tea, biscuit):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Peachfits better
  3. Pineapplefits better
  4. Raspberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, cottage cheese, sugar, tea, biscuit. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.