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Blue Cheese Dressing

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Blue cheese and milk match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 119 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 2 cups

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Blue cheese + milktop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together119 recipes

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

  2. Red wine + vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together569 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Blue cheese + red winetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11 recipes

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

  4. Blue cheese + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together193 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  5. Cream + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together29,395 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs