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Salami Herb Cream Cheese Roll Ups

Hands down my favorite appetizer! Easy assembly and pretty presentation. Fresh herbs are a must, sometimes dry just doesn’t cut it and this is one of those times.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Salami Herb Cream Cheese Roll Ups

Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Salami Herb Cream Cheese Roll Ups

Serves 10
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

117Calories
3 gProtein
10 gFat
6 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
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 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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  3. Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

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

  4. Parsley + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Chive + dilltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together228 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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, parsley, dill, lemon):

  1. Carrotfits about as well
  2. Chivethe original
  3. Shallotfits about as well
  4. Cucumberfits about as well

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