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Tammy's Philly Cheese Steak Dip

"Everyone in my family loves cheese steaks. I decided to turn that into a dip for football season. As soon as I served it I knew it was a hit. It's best served with toasted hoagie buns but even crackers work well too."

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Tammy's Philly Cheese Steak Dip

Why it works: Provolone 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 15 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Tammy's Philly Cheese Steak Dip

16 servings
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

718Calories
54 gProtein
46 gFat
21 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Green Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Provolone cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together15 recipes

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

  2. Provolone cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together90 recipes

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

  3. Cream cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together311 recipes

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

  4. Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + beeftop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 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 onion

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

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Onionthe original
  3. Capsicumfits about as well
  4. Spinachfits about as well

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