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Spinach Artichoke Feta Ball

"If you like hot spinach artichoke dip, this is for you. It's yummy and quick. Serve with crackers or garlic toast."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Spinach Artichoke Feta Ball

Why it works: Cream cheese and feta cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 64 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Spinach Artichoke Feta Ball

16 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

356Calories
14 gProtein
27 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Artichoke1 medium (128g)60
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Leafnot in our table0
Salad Dressingnot 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. Cream cheese + feta cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

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

  2. Spinach + artichoketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together192 recipes

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

  3. Spinach + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Artichoke + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together600 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Spinach + feta cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together374 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 garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, spinach, feta cheese, artichoke, ranch):

  1. Capersfits about as well
  2. Garlicthe original
  3. Dillfits about as well
  4. Oreganofits less well

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