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Pineapple & Passion Fruit Cheesecake

A creamy, dreamy cheesecake, perfect for spoiling family and friends

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Pineapple & Passion Fruit Cheesecake

Why it works: Ginger and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,621 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pineapple & Passion Fruit Cheesecake

Serves 8 - 10
Prep30 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

552Calories
18 gProtein
28 gFat
62 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Nutnot in our table0
Passion Fruitnot 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. Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

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

  2. Lime + pineappletop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Biscuit + limetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together31 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

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

  5. Ginger + pineappletop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together559 recipes

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

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

Swap the ginger

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

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Corianderfits about as well
  4. Gingerthe original

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