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Jalapeno Popper Spread

"This will definitely be the biggest hit at the party! This is such an easy appetizer to make and it tastes just like the jalapeno poppers you wish you could make yourself! The hardest part of this recipe is not eating it all by yourself! Serve with sliced sourdough baguettes, tortilla chips or crackers."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Jalapeno Popper Spread

Why it works: Cream cheese and parmesan cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 311 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Jalapeno Popper Spread

4 cups
Prep10 min
Cook3 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

297Calories
18 gProtein
23 gFat
6 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Jalapeno1 pepper (14g)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 + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together311 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + parmesan cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,322 recipes

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

  3. Jalapeno + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Cream cheese + jalapenotop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together190 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Cream cheese + peppertop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,195 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 jalapeno

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

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

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