Name: Creamy Dill Cucumber Toasties
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 1 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian-style salad dressing mix; 1/2 cup mayonnaise; 1 French baguette, cut into 1/2 inch thick circles; 1 cucumber, sliced; 2 teaspoons dried dill weed

Why it works: Cucumber and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 530 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Creamy Dill Cucumber Toasties

1 1/2 cups

Prep15 min

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian-style salad dressing mix
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 French baguette, cut into 1/2 inch thick circles
1 cucumber, sliced
2 teaspoons dried dill weed

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

197Calories

9 gProtein

15 gFat

6 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Salad Dressing	not in our table	0

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.

Cucumber + dilltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together530 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cream cheese + dilltop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together156 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Cream cheese + cucumbertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together134 recipes

Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the cucumber

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, dill):

Cucumberthe original
Chivefits about as well
Potatofits less well
Horseradishfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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