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Cucumber Bites with Herbed Goat Cheese and Olives

We made these for a recent party and they were a hit! All in one bite you get a bit of crunch and a bit of creamy. Also, the salty olive nicely complemented the refreshing cucumber and tangy cheese.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Cucumber Bites with Herbed Goat Cheese and Olives

Why it works: Dill and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 530 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Cucumber Bites with Herbed Goat Cheese and Olives

Serves 6
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

286Calories
16 gProtein
17 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)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. Dill + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Garlic + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,556 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

  5. Cucumber + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (goat cheese, garlic, pepper, milk, cucumber, olive):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Basilfits about as well
  3. Oreganofits about as well
  4. Dillthe original

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