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Christmas Tortilla Rollups

Classic cream cheese/tortilla rounds with beautiful red and green jewels! Perfect for a party.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Christmas Tortilla Rollups

Why it works: Cream cheese and ranch work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 63 recipes. Both carry gamma-decalactone, which smells peach, creamy. The science ↓

Christmas Tortilla Rollups

Serves 8
Prep15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

848Calories
21 gProtein
23 gFat
139 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6

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 + ranchtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together63 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  2. Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Flour + oniontop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together32,460 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Ranch + oniontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  5. Pepper + flourtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together50,459 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, ranch, pepper, flour):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

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