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Portuguese Garlic Dip

A creamy dip made with cream cheese, garlic, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper.

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Why it works: Clove and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,451 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Portuguese Garlic Dip

makes 2 cups

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dip

  1. Mix all ingredients thoroughly, using just enough mayonnaise to reach preferred spreading or dipping consistency.

Serve

  1. Serve with chips for dipping or crackers for spreading. Makes 2 cups.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

203Calories
9 gProtein
16 gFat
7 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Cream cheese + garlictop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together711 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Garlic + saucetop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,007 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Cream cheese
Provides the rich, smooth body that forms the base of the dip.
Garlic
Supplies the sharp, pungent aroma that defines the dip's flavor.
Mayonnaise
Adds moisture and fat, loosening the dip to the desired spreading or dipping consistency.
Worcestershire sauce
Adds savory depth and a touch of acidity to balance the richness.

The step that matters

Mixing in the mayonnaise. Mayonnaise thins the cream cheese gradually, so adding it in small amounts lets you reach the right consistency. Adding too much makes the dip loose and hard to hold on chips.

Swap the clove

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

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, garlic, sauce, pepper. 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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