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Yogurt Spinach Dip

"Plain yogurt is a great flavor addition to a simple spinach dip."

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Why it works: Spinach and yogurt work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 356 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

3 cups
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Finely chop the fresh spinach and pat it dry with a paper towel so the dip does not get watery.

  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the plain yogurt and mayonnaise until smooth.

  3. Add the seasoning salt, dried parsley, dried basil, dried oregano, ground dry mustard and garlic salt, and stir until evenly blended.

  4. Fold the chopped spinach into the yogurt mixture until it is evenly distributed throughout.

  5. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes so the herbs can soften and the flavors blend.

  6. Stir the dip once more before serving cold with fresh vegetables or chips.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Spinach + yogurttop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together356 recipes

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

  2. Basil + oreganotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Parsley + basiltop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,351 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Spinach + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

  5. Parsley + oreganotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, yogurt, parsley, basil, oregano, garlic):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Eggplantbetter flavor fit
  3. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, yogurt, parsley, basil, oregano, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).