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Fast Feta Spread

"Unexpected guests will never know that you whipped this garlic herb spread up in less than 5 minutes! This is great on crackers, bread, veggies, or wraps."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Fast Feta Spread

Why it works: Feta cheese and cream cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 64 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Fast Feta Spread

1 cup
Prep3 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

223Calories
9 gProtein
19 gFat
5 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
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.

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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. Feta cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Garlic + feta cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together777 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the garlic

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

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Dillfits better
  3. Peppermintfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

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