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Lemon & Lime Lush

Low fat, light and refreshing cheesecake

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Spread and condensed milk share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Lemon & Lime Lush

Serves 8

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

493Calories
13 gProtein
24 gFat
58 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
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Spreadnot 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. Spread + condensed milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Condensed milk + chocolatetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Biscuit + lemontop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together697 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Spread + chocolatetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Biscuit + chocolatetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together334 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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 (biscuit, spread, condensed milk, chocolate):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against biscuit, spread, condensed milk, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.