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Swiss & Gruyere Cheese Fondue

This is a delicious savory fondue that pairs well with a crusty bread or Granny Smith apples. Yum!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Swiss & Gruyere Cheese Fondue

Why it works: Swiss cheese and gruyere cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 24 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Swiss & Gruyere Cheese Fondue

Serves 12
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

717Calories
28 gProtein
18 gFat
102 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Gruyere Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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. Swiss cheese + gruyere cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

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

  2. White wine + swiss cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together101 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  3. White wine + gruyere cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together55 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  4. Garlic + lemontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,893 recipes

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

  5. White wine + lemontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,832 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, garlic, swiss cheese, gruyere cheese, flour):

  1. Applefits better
  2. Plumfits about as well
  3. Pineapplefits about as well
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, garlic, swiss cheese, gruyere cheese, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.