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Ham and Cheese Dip in a Bread Bowl

"A delicious warm appetizer to put out that soon everyone will gobble up. Quick and easy to make with few ingredients. Puts a whole new meaning to ham and cheese!"

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Ham and Cheese Dip in a Bread Bowl

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 cooks put them together in 467 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Ham and Cheese Dip in a Bread Bowl

6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

954Calories
50 gProtein
34 gFat
107 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1

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

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

  2. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Bread + hamtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  4. Cheddar cheese + chivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together218 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Cream cheese + chivetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together204 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, ham, chive):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Mustardfits about as well
  3. Potatofits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, ham, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.