Name: White Chocolate Cheesecake
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 300g philadelphia cream cheese; 250g mascarpone cheese; 300ml double cream; 2 x 300g white chocolate bar. You can use any type of chocolate and even use less; 500g biscuits e.g. digestives; Few knobs of butter; Fruit for topping e.g. strawberries

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

White Chocolate Cheesecake

Serves 6

Ingredients

300g philadelphia cream cheese
250g mascarpone cheese
300ml double cream
2 x 300g white chocolate bar. You can use any type of chocolate and even use less
500g biscuits e.g. digestives
Few knobs of butter
Fruit for topping e.g. strawberries

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

855Calories

16 gProtein

66 gFat

54 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Biscuit	1 medium (45g)	166
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Mascarpone	2 tbsp (28g)	120
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Fruit	not in our table	0
Topping	not in our table	0

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.

Cream cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together473 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Cream cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,962 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Cream cheese + biscuittop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together145 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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