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Cracker Rounds Deluxe

Butter cracker rounds with summer sausage, cucumber and cream spread.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Cracker Rounds Deluxe

Why it works: Chive and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 244 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Cracker Rounds Deluxe

Serves 12
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

945Calories
43 gProtein
39 gFat
102 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Chive + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together244 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Cucumber + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  3. Chive + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Cucumber + vinegartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,734 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  5. Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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, pepper, cucumber, olive, vinegar):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits about as well
  3. Lettucefits about as well
  4. Chivethe original

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