Name: Blue Cheese Dip
Ingredients: 4 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature; 1 cup sour cream; 4 oz. tangy blue cheese, such as Point Reyes; 2 Tbs. chopped fresh chives; 1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper; Potato chips for serving (see related recipe; at right); Crudités for serving (see related tip at right)

Why it works: Cream cheese and blue cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 70 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Blue Cheese Dip

Ingredients

4 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup sour cream
4 oz. tangy blue cheese, such as Point Reyes
2 Tbs. chopped fresh chives
1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper
Potato chips for serving (see related recipe
at right)
Crudités for serving (see related tip at right)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

467Calories

29 gProtein

19 gFat

47 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato Chip	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Blue Cheese	1 oz (28g)	100
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1

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.

Cream cheese + blue cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together70 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Chive + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,885 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Cream cheese + chivetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together204 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Cream cheese + creamtop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,087 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).
Blue cheese + chivetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together51 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 chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, cream, blue cheese, pepper, potato chip):

Chivethe original
Capsicumfits about as well
Onionfits about as well
Potatofits less well

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

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