Why it works: Peach and cream cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 51 recipes mention both. Both carry gamma-decalactone, which smells peach, creamy. The science ↓
The recipe
1 - 10 inch pieIngredients
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.
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and lightly grease a 10 inch pie plate with a little of the softened butter.
In a bowl, whisk the flour, salt, baking powder and dry vanilla pudding mix until evenly combined.
In another bowl, beat the remaining softened butter with the egg and milk until smooth, then stir into the dry mixture to make a thick batter. Spread the batter evenly in the pie plate.
Arrange the drained peach slices over the batter. In a bowl, beat the cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon of the reserved peach syrup until smooth, then spoon small dollops between the peaches.
Mix the 1 tablespoon sugar with the cinnamon and sprinkle over the top. Drizzle the remaining reserved peach syrup over the peaches.
Bake for about 40 minutes, until golden, the top is set and the center reaches 160°F (71°C) because of the raw egg. Cool on a rack for at least 30 minutes before slicing.
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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.
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Peach + cream cheesetop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together51 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).
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Vanilla + peachtop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together558 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Vanilla + milktop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together19,175 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
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Butter + milktop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together81,222 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Butter + cream cheesetop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,746 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
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