Skip to main content

Cream Cheese and Chopped Dried Beef Ball

"This is such a great treat for your Christmas/Holiday guests."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓
Cream Cheese and Chopped Dried Beef Ball

Why it works: Cheddar cheese and cream cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 467 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Cream Cheese and Chopped Dried Beef Ball

10 servings

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

525Calories
37 gProtein
35 gFat
14 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Cheddar cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

  5. Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheddar cheese, cream cheese, olive, sauce, onion, garlic, beef):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheddar cheese, cream cheese, olive, sauce, onion, garlic, beef. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.