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Julia's Lemon Cheesecake

A very low fat, really healthy, deliciously sharp lemon cheesecake which is good to your tastebuds, your waistline and your heart.

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

Why it works: Lemon and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,289 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Julia's Lemon Cheesecake

Serves 8

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

449Calories
22 gProtein
21 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
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. Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Cheese + cottage cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together126 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + teatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together610 recipes

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

  4. Lime + biscuittop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together31 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Lemon + biscuittop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together697 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the lime

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Peachfits better
  3. Orangefits about as well
  4. Limethe original

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