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Baked Raspberry & Lemon Cheesecake

A rich and creamy baked cheesecake that makes a great dinner party dessert

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 41,197 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 325°F (160°C). Line the base and sides of a 9-inch (23cm) springform tin with baking paper.

  2. Blitz the digestive biscuits to fine crumbs, stir in the melted butter, then press firmly over the base of the tin. Bake for 10 minutes, then cool.

  3. Beat the soft cheese and golden caster sugar together until smooth. Beat in the natural yogurt, then the eggs one at a time.

  4. Stir in the lemon zest, lemon juice and plain flour until just combined and completely smooth.

  5. Scatter the raspberries over the cooled biscuit base and pour the cheese mixture over them.

  6. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes until the edges are set and the centre has only a slight wobble. The centre should reach 160°F (71°C) because the eggs are raw.

  7. Turn off the oven, leave the door ajar and let the cheesecake cool inside for 1 hour. Then refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

  8. Remove from the tin, dust generously with icing sugar and serve cold.

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. Butter + lemontop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,197 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

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

  3. Cheese + yogurttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together875 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Butter + yogurttop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,321 recipes

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

  5. Butter + flourtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Butter and flour share little aroma chemistry, yet 122,858 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