cakephp查询与许多表

ingredients (id,name) has many versions

ingredient_properties(id,property_id,version_id) belongs
to properties,versions

properties (id,name,value,group_id,unit_id) has many
ingredient_properties and belongs to groups,units

groups (id,name) has many properties

units (id,name) has many properties

versions (id,ingredient_id,active) has many ingredient_properties and belongs to ingredients.

我在ingredientController.php中,我想要检索Version.active = 1和Version.ingredient_id = 2的所有数据.

这是我的查询：

$this->set(
        'ingredient',$this->Ingredient->Version->find('all',array(
            'recursive' => 2,'conditions' => array(
                'Version.active' => 1,'Version.ingredient_id' => 2
             )
        ))
);

我有很多这样的查询,我想知道递归2是否是检索我所解释的表的所有数据的最佳方法,或者有更快的方法(在查询速度方面没有实现) .
我希望有人可以帮助我优化我的代码,因为这个查询有效,但我不知道这是否是检索许多表关系数据的更好方法.

谢谢.