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Goat Cheese and Shallot Toasts

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Goat Cheese and Shallot Toasts

Why it works: Goat cheese and cream work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 70 recipes. Both carry gamma-decalactone, which smells peach, creamy. The science ↓

Goat Cheese and Shallot Toasts

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

198Calories
8 gProtein
14 gFat
11 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

By williamssonoma. 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. Goat cheese + creamtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together70 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  2. Goat cheese + shallottop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41 recipes

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

  3. Cream + shallottop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together789 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

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

Swap the shallot

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

  1. Onionfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Shallotthe original

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