Name: Goat Cheese-Stuffed Peppadews
Yield: Makes 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 jar (14 ounces) Peppadew Mild Whole Sweet Piquante Peppers or Italian cherry peppers, pickled or brined (found in pickle aisle); 4 ounces goat cheese; 1/3 cup fromage blanc or quark cheese, drained in a strainer for at least 1 hour; 2 tablespoons finely chopped scallions; 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley, divided

Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Goat Cheese-Stuffed Peppadews

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

1 jar (14 ounces) Peppadew Mild Whole Sweet Piquante Peppers or Italian cherry peppers, pickled or brined (found in pickle aisle)
4 ounces goat cheese
1/3 cup fromage blanc or quark cheese, drained in a strainer for at least 1 hour
2 tablespoons finely chopped scallions
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley, divided

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

354Calories

16 gProtein

18 gFat

35 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Goat Cheese	1 oz (28g)	103
Cherry Pepper	1 cup (138g)	87
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1

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

By epicurious. 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.

Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Goat cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together79 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyloctanoic acid (goaty, mutton).
Pepper + goat cheesetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together466 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Pepper + cheesetop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,861 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cheese + parsleytop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,507 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, goat cheese, cheese):

Thymefits better
Basilfits about as well
Rosemaryfits about as well
Parsleythe original

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

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