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Tom's Sweet Pimento Cheese

"This pimento cheese is great as a sandwich, as a spread on crackers, or stuffed into celery. Our kids can't get enough of it. I like it best served as a sandwich with a big bowl of my homemade chili."

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Tom's Sweet Pimento Cheese

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 ↓

Tom's Sweet Pimento Cheese

2 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

261Calories
9 gProtein
19 gFat
15 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 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
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Salad Dressingnot in our table0
Relishnot in our table0
Pimentonot 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. Cheddar cheese + garlictop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Cream cheese + garlictop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together711 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Cream cheese + sugartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,791 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + sugartop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,208 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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, cheddar cheese, sugar):

  1. Jalapenofits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Dillfits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

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