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Lemon Cheese Ball

"Lemonade mix flavors a sweet cheese ball to make a very refreshing snack for a spring or summer get-together. Serve with mini graham crackers. "

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream cheese and butter match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,746 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

The recipe

2 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. In a bowl, beat the softened cream cheese and butter together until smooth and creamy.

  2. Add the confectioners' sugar and powdered lemonade mix and beat until fully combined and evenly colored.

  3. Cover the bowl and chill for 30 minutes, until firm enough to shape.

  4. Scoop the mixture out and shape it into a ball with your hands, working quickly so it stays firm.

  5. Spread the graham cracker crumbs on a plate.

  6. Roll the cheese ball in the crumbs until evenly coated on all sides.

  7. Refrigerate until ready to serve, then bring to room temperature for about 15 minutes before serving.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cream cheese + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,746 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Butter + sugartop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together98,096 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Cream cheese + sugartop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together2,793 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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