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Georgia's Famous Holiday Cheese Ball

"My mother, Georgia, always made this cheese ball during Thanksgiving and Christmas. It wasn't the holidays until the cheese ball was out! It's easy and very good. Serve with Buttercrisp crackers or torn pieces of French bread."

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Georgia's Famous Holiday Cheese Ball

Why it works: Onion and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,843 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Georgia's Famous Holiday Cheese Ball

15 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

168Calories
6 gProtein
10 gFat
15 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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. Onion + parsleytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 recipes

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

  2. Onion + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,626 recipes

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

  3. Mushroom + parsleytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,132 recipes

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

  4. Cream cheese + mushroomtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together180 recipes

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

  5. Onion + saucetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together10,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Onion and sauce barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 10,474 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the parsley

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

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Parsleythe original

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