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Real Greek Dip

Greeks love food, as do many cultures. This dip is a family favorite!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Real Greek Dip

Why it works: Cream cheese and feta cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 64 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Real Greek Dip

Serves 8
Prep6 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

344Calories
9 gProtein
33 gFat
4 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Peppermintnot in our table0

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. Cream cheese + feta cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Oregano + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together344 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,590 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Olive + oreganotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,443 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Rosemary + minttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together165 recipes

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

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, olive, oregano, rosemary, feta cheese):

  1. Basilfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Mintthe original

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