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Miniature Stuffed Peppers with Goat Cheese

Sweet mini peppers stuffed with tangy goat cheese filling.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Miniature Stuffed Peppers with Goat Cheese

Why it works: Goat cheese and cream cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 44 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Miniature Stuffed Peppers with Goat Cheese

Serves 16
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

213Calories
8 gProtein
18 gFat
5 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1

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

By tastykitchen. 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 + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together44 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Clove + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Pepper + goat cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together466 recipes

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

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 (pepper, goat cheese, cream cheese, basil):

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

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