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Hot Asiago Dip

"A low-fat version of my favorite dip, this is full of flavor and a great snack. I love it over a toasted bagel or with pita chips!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Hot Asiago Dip

Why it works: Cottage 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 77 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Hot Asiago Dip

1 1/2 cups
Prep20 min
Cook3 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

361Calories
21 gProtein
24 gFat
17 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Jalapeno Pepper1 pepper (14g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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. Cottage cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together77 recipes

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

  2. Cottage cheese + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together126 recipes

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

  3. Cream cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  4. Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cottage cheese, cream cheese, mustard, cheese, onion, pepper):

  1. Dillfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

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