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Dubliner and Guinness®

"Serve this Irish beer and cheese dip with pretzels for a tasty snack. You can use any Irish cheese you prefer if Dubliner isn't available to you."

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Dubliner and Guinness®

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Dubliner and Guinness®

3 cups
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

268Calories
10 gProtein
19 gFat
8 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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.

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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. Cream cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  2. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Beer + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together174 recipes

    Shared aroma: 5-ethyl-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(5h)-furanone (spice).

  4. Beer + clovetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together284 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Cream cheese + beertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together47 recipes

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

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

Swap the clove

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

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Jalapenofits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

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