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Feta and Almond Cheese Ball

"This is a decadent cheese ball that showcases the flavors of feta cheese. It always gets rave reviews when I bring it to parties."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Feta and Almond Cheese Ball

Why it works: Cream cheese and feta 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 ↓

Feta and Almond Cheese Ball

1 cheese ball
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

369Calories
10 gProtein
32 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Olive1 large (4g)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 + feta cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

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

  2. Olive + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Feta cheese + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,482 recipes

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

  4. Cream cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, feta cheese, butter, olive, onion):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Sesamefits about as well
  3. Walnutfits about as well
  4. Almondthe original

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