Name: Garlic Leek and Goat Cheese Dip
Prep time: 35 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 2 heads Garlic, Roasted (see Instructions); 4 ounces, weight Olive Oil, To Drizzle On Garlic; ½ cups Cream Cheese, Softened; 3 ounces, weight Plain Greek Yogurt; ¼ cups Goat Cheese, Sofeend; ½ cups Leeks, Sliced; 2 teaspoons Parmesan Cheese, Grated; ⅛ teaspoons Lemon Juice; ¼ teaspoons Salt

Why it works: Cream cheese and goat 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 ↓

Garlic Leek and Goat Cheese Dip

Serves 16

Prep35 min

Ingredients

2 heads Garlic, Roasted (see Instructions)
4 ounces, weight Olive Oil, To Drizzle On Garlic
½ cups Cream Cheese, Softened
3 ounces, weight Plain Greek Yogurt
¼ cups Goat Cheese, Sofeend
½ cups Leeks, Sliced
2 teaspoons Parmesan Cheese, Grated
⅛ teaspoons Lemon Juice
¼ teaspoons Salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

591Calories

37 gProtein

40 gFat

24 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Goat Cheese	1 oz (28g)	103
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 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.

Cream cheese + goat cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together44 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Goat cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together75 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Cream cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together311 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + leektop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together150 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, olive, cream cheese, yogurt, goat cheese, parmesan cheese, lemon):

Tomatofits better
Chivefits better
Spinachfits better
Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, olive, cream cheese, yogurt, goat cheese, parmesan cheese, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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