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Double Cheese Crab Dip

"Cheddar and cream cheeses are laced with chunks of crab, olives and Pace® Picante Sauce to make an irresistible hot dip."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream cheese and cheddar cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 468 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

3 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, shellfish (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. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and lightly grease a small ovenproof dish.

  2. Drain the crabmeat, pick out any bits of shell or cartilage, and flake the meat into pieces.

  3. Beat the softened cream cheese with the chili powder and the picante sauce or salsa until smooth.

  4. Fold in the flaked crabmeat and half of the shredded Cheddar until evenly combined.

  5. Spread the mixture in the dish, then scatter the remaining Cheddar and the sliced olives over the top.

  6. Bake for about 15 minutes, until the dip is hot all the way through and the cheese is melted and bubbling. Serve warm with pita triangles, tortilla chips, or fresh vegetables.

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. Cream cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together468 recipes

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

  2. Cheddar cheese + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,688 recipes

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

  3. Cream cheese + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together910 recipes

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

  4. Sauce + cheddar cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together838 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sauce + olivetop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together4,434 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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