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Orange Crème Caramel Cheesecakes

These individual cheesecakes are better made a couple of days ahead so the caramel in the ramekin dissolves into a sticky sauce

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Orange Crème Caramel Cheesecakes

Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Orange Crème Caramel Cheesecakes

Serves 6
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

607Calories
13 gProtein
40 gFat
52 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Sunflower Oilnot 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. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Cream cheese + biscuittop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together145 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Orange + sunflowertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, sugar, cream cheese, egg, biscuit, butter, sunflower):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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