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Tangy Cheese Ball

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Tangy Cheese Ball

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheddar cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 467 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Tangy Cheese Ball

1 cheese ball
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

236Calories
9 gProtein
21 gFat
3 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
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 + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + pecanstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together465 recipes

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

  3. Cream cheese + dilltop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together156 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Cheddar cheese + pecanstop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Cheddar cheese + dilltop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together133 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 dill

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

  1. Cinnamonfits about as well
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Dillthe original
  4. Garlicfits about as well

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