Skip to main content

Mojito Cheesecake

Simple, easy, delicious. If you like mojito's then you will love this.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Almond and biscuit match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 388 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Mojito Cheesecake

Serves 10

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

619Calories
14 gProtein
43 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Mint2 tbsp fresh (3g)2
Peppermintnot 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.

Explore the science

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. Almond + biscuittop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together388 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

  3. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Almond + limetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together258 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, biscuit, butter, cream, lime, rum, cream cheese):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, biscuit, butter, cream, lime, rum, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.