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Stuffed Dates Wrapped in Bacon

Pardon me as I wipe my mouth clean; I just inhaled a few too many stuffed dates wrapped in bacon. These little sweet-n-spicy poppers are so hard to resist. Four simple ingredients and you have the perfect party appetizer! I made only 10 because I needed to use up some leftover bacon. But you can adapt to make more!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Stuffed Dates Wrapped in Bacon

Why it works: Goat cheese and pepper work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 466 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Stuffed Dates Wrapped in Bacon

Serves 10
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

220Calories
10 gProtein
12 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8

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. Goat cheese + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together466 recipes

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

  2. Jalapeno + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Goat cheese + jalapenotop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Dates + peppertop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Dates + goat cheesetop 36% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1 recipe

    Shared aroma: 4-methyloctanoic acid (goaty, muttony).

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

Swap the dates

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (goat cheese, jalapeno, pepper):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Datesthe original

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