Name: Fire Roasted Corn Dip
Yield: 8-12 servings
Ingredients: 3-4 ears fresh Florida Sweet Corn; 1 small onion, peeled and sliced into rings; 1 small red bell pepper; 1 cup cooked chorizo; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened; ½ lb. shredded spicy pepper cheese, like habanero cheddar or pepper-jack; ¼ cup chopped green onions

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Fire Roasted Corn Dip

8-12 servings

Ingredients

3-4 ears fresh Florida Sweet Corn
1 small onion, peeled and sliced into rings
1 small red bell pepper
1 cup cooked chorizo
3 cloves garlic, minced
8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
½ lb. shredded spicy pepper cheese, like habanero cheddar or pepper-jack
¼ cup chopped green onions

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

495Calories

22 gProtein

30 gFat

39 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By aspicyperspective. 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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,368 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Corn + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,324 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, onion, pepper, garlic, cream cheese):

Cuminfits better
Oreganofits better
Basilfits better
Clovethe original

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

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