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Cheddar Blue Cheese Ball

A chilled ball of cream cheese, cheddar, blue cheese, and walnuts, seasoned with celery and onion salts.

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Why it works: Cream cheese and blue cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 70 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Cheddar Blue Cheese Ball

Timeseveral hours

Ingredients

Directions

Make the cheese mixture

  1. Beat cream cheese, then add in cheddar until well mixed.

  2. Stir in blue cheese, celery and onion salts to taste.

Shape and chill

  1. Roll into a ball, then roll in nuts.

  2. Chill several hours until firm.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

501Calories
24 gProtein
39 gFat
15 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Spreadnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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 + blue cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together70 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  3. Cheese + blue cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together61 recipes

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

  4. Celery + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together852 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Cream cheese
Forms the creamy base that holds the ball together.
Cheddar cheese spread
Adds smooth body and mild, tangy cheddar flavor.
Blue cheese
Contributes sharp, salty blue flavor that stands out in the mix.
Walnuts
Add crunch and a nutty flavor to the coated outside.

The step that matters

Chill until firm. The mixture is soft at room temperature because its fats are semi-solid when warm. Chilling firms the fats so the ball holds its shape when rolled and coated.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, cheese, spread, blue cheese, celery, walnut):

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Onionthe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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