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Rhubarb & Cinnamon Cheesecake

As in the Sainsburys advert

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and cheese work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and 261 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 12

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cinnamon + cheesetop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together261 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Butter + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together7,955 recipes

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

  4. Rhubarb + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together279 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Cinnamon + sugartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Cinnamon and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,777 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rhubarb, cinnamon, sugar, syrup, butter, cheese, egg):

  1. Nutmegbetter flavor fit
  2. Gingerthe original
  3. Cardamomabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against rhubarb, cinnamon, sugar, syrup, butter, cheese, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).