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Bacon-Jalapeño Cheese Ball

A good old-fashioned cheese ball gets the works with bacon, jalapeños and lots of flavor!

By browneyedbaker · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Bacon-Jalapeño Cheese Ball

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheddar cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 467 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Bacon-Jalapeño Cheese Ball

10 to 12 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

499Calories
17 gProtein
44 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 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 browneyedbaker. 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. Cream cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Lime + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Parsley + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together547 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Parsley + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together821 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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 (cream cheese, cheddar cheese, garlic, parsley, lime, sauce, cumin):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, cheddar cheese, garlic, parsley, lime, sauce, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.