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Four Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos

"These are a great appetizer - jalapeno peppers stuffed with 4 kinds of cheese and spices, then baked."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Four Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos

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 ↓

Four Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

457Calories
26 gProtein
36 gFat
8 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Jalapeno Pepper1 pepper (14g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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.

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. Cream cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

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

  3. Cream cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together311 recipes

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

  4. Parmesan cheese + feta cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together94 recipes

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

  5. Parmesan cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together592 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 (jalapeno, pepper, cream cheese, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, feta cheese, garlic):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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