Name: Jalapeno & Smoked Gouda Puff Pastry Pinwheels
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 18
Ingredients: ½ packages (400g Size) Puff Pastry, Thawed; ¼ cups Cream Cheese, At Room Temperature; 1 whole Jalapeno, Deseeded And Chopped Finely; 1 cup Smoked Gouda, Shredded; 1 Tablespoon Water; 1 whole Egg, Lightly Beaten

Why it works: Cream cheese and jalapeno work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 190 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Jalapeno & Smoked Gouda Puff Pastry Pinwheels

Serves 18

Prep15 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

½ packages (400g Size) Puff Pastry, Thawed
¼ cups Cream Cheese, At Room Temperature
1 whole Jalapeno, Deseeded And Chopped Finely
1 cup Smoked Gouda, Shredded
1 Tablespoon Water
1 whole Egg, Lightly Beaten

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

185Calories

8 gProtein

16 gFat

4 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Pastry	not in our table	0
Gouda	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

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.

Cream cheese + jalapenotop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together190 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Cream cheese + eggtop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,549 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Jalapeno + eggtop 35% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together498 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the jalapeno

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

Dillfits better
Nutmegfits better
Capersfits better
Jalapenothe original

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

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