Name: Hot Artichoke-Fontina Dip
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; ½ medium yellow onion, minced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; ⅓ cup dry white wine (i.e. chardonnay or sauvignon blanc) or chicken broth; 3 (14-ounce) cans whole artichoke hearts, drained and coarsely chopped; 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature, cut into pieces; 2¼ cups fontina cheese, shredded, divided; ¼ cup fresh parsley

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Hot Artichoke-Fontina Dip

8 to 10 servings

Prep30 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
½ medium yellow onion, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
⅓ cup dry white wine (i.e. chardonnay or sauvignon blanc) or chicken broth
3 (14-ounce) cans whole artichoke hearts, drained and coarsely chopped
4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature, cut into pieces
2¼ cups fontina cheese, shredded, divided
¼ cup fresh parsley

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

630Calories

45 gProtein

37 gFat

27 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Artichoke	1 medium (128g)	60
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1

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

By browneyedbaker. 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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + artichoketop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together600 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + artichoketop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together745 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Cream cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together473 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 (olive, onion, garlic, white wine, artichoke, cream cheese, cheese):

Capersfits better
Thymefits better
Oreganofits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, garlic, white wine, artichoke, cream cheese, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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