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Creamy Goat Cheese and Honey

"Creamy goat cheese is lightly dusted with pecans, honey, and rosemary. These are so delicious, light, and refreshing, they could be served as appetizers or an interesting dessert. They are always a hit! Spread them on your favorite crostini, bagel chips, or melba toasts."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Goat cheese and honey share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 98 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

The recipe

12 patties
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (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.

  1. Place the goat cheese in a bowl and beat with a fork or spatula until smooth and creamy.

  2. Stir in the honey, ground cinnamon and minced rosemary until evenly combined.

  3. Chill the mixture in the refrigerator for 10 minutes so it firms slightly and is easier to shape.

  4. Spread the finely chopped pecans on a shallow plate.

  5. Divide the cheese mixture into 12 equal portions and roll each into a small patty about 1/2 inch (1 cm) thick.

  6. Press each patty gently into the chopped pecans so they are coated on both sides.

  7. Arrange the patties on a serving plate, cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes to set before serving.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Goat cheese + honeytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  2. Cinnamon + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together155 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Goat cheese + pecanstop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together40 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Honey + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,446 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Pecans + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the rosemary

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (goat cheese, pecans, honey, cinnamon):

  1. Nutmegbetter flavor fit
  2. Cardamomabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Gingerabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Rosemarythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against goat cheese, pecans, honey, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).