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Carrot Cheesecake with Crumb Crust

"Very elegant cheesecake."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Carrot Cheesecake with Crumb Crust

Why it works: Ginger and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,380 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Carrot Cheesecake with Crumb Crust

1 -9 inch cheesecake

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

702Calories
14 gProtein
49 gFat
58 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Macenot 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.

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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 + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

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

  3. Orange + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Carrot + gingertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,833 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, sugar, butter, lemon, orange, ginger, cinnamon):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Pistachiofits better
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, sugar, butter, lemon, orange, ginger, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.