Name: Baked Cheese in Pastry Appetizer
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 6 - 8 appetizer servings
Ingredients: 1 8 oz. package cream cheese (I use Philly because it's the best and I am from there! By the way - do not use low-fat!); 1 small container Pillsbury Crescent Rolls (4 pack); 2 teaspoons fresh snipped dill (if it is fragrant). Otherwise, use approximately 1 teaspoon dried dill weed (use enough to fully cover the top of the cream cheese, approximately 1 teaspoon).; 1 egg, beaten with a few drops of water; Whole wheat crackers, for serving

Why it works: Dill and wheat share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 42 recipes. Both carry methyl isobutyrate, which smells flower. The science ↓

Baked Cheese in Pastry Appetizer

6 - 8 appetizer servings

Prep10 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1 8 oz. package cream cheese (I use Philly because it's the best and I am from there! By the way - do not use low-fat!)
1 small container Pillsbury Crescent Rolls (4 pack)
2 teaspoons fresh snipped dill (if it is fragrant). Otherwise, use approximately 1 teaspoon dried dill weed (use enough to fully cover the top of the cream cheese, approximately 1 teaspoon).
1 egg, beaten with a few drops of water
Whole wheat crackers, for serving

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

636Calories

21 gProtein

16 gFat

98 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Water	not in our table	0
Wheat	not in our table	0

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

By bunkycooks. 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.

Dill + wheattop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together42 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl isobutyrate (flower).
Cream cheese + dilltop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together156 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Egg + wheattop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,225 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Cream cheese + wheattop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together62 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).
Cream cheese + eggtop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,549 recipes

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

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, egg, wheat):

Dillthe original
Nutmegfits about as well
Cinnamonfits about as well
Capersfits less well

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

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