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Mini Cream Cheese Nut Rounds

Small cream cheese/nut rounds, a great snack any time.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Mini Cream Cheese Nut Rounds

Why it works: Chive and walnut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 119 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Mini Cream Cheese Nut Rounds

Serves 8
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

381Calories
28 gProtein
21 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)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. Chive + walnuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together119 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Chive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Cream cheese + walnuttop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together439 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Cream cheese + chivetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together204 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Pepper + walnuttop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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, cream, milk, pepper, walnut):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Spinachfits about as well
  4. Chivethe original

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