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Tuna Ball

"There's nothing fancy about the Tuna Ball, but it tastes great at parties and other get togethers. Chopped pecans give this blend of tuna, cream cheese and onion a light crunch. I love this appetizer with veggies, crackers and veggies."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Tuna Ball

Why it works: Cream cheese and pecans work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 465 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Tuna Ball

3 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

547Calories
26 gProtein
43 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44

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 + pecanstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together465 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + oniontop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,097 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  3. Pecans + oniontop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together342 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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 (cream cheese, pecans):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Onionthe original

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