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Oatmeal Cream Cheese Patties

"My grandmother used to make these for potlucks and family get togethers. No matter how big a batch she made, there never was enough."

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Oatmeal Cream Cheese Patties

Why it works: Walnut and oats work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 554 recipes. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Oatmeal Cream Cheese Patties

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr 5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

476Calories
19 gProtein
26 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Soupnot in our table0

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. Walnut + oatstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together554 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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

  4. Cream cheese + walnuttop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together439 recipes

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

  5. Walnut + mushroomtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together763 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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 (cream cheese, walnut, egg, oats, sauce, cream, mushroom):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Onionthe original

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