Name: Egg Roll Sausage Appetizer
Ingredients: 2 Cups cooked crumbled spicy sausage; 1½ Cups grated Cheddar cheese; 1½ Cups Monterey jack cheese; 1 Cup prepared Ranch dressing; ½ Cup chopped tomatoes; 1 Package egg roll wrappers, cut in quarters

Why it works: Cheddar cheese and cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 984 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Egg Roll Sausage Appetizer

Oven350°F

Ingredients

2 Cups cooked crumbled spicy sausage
1½ Cups grated Cheddar cheese
1½ Cups Monterey jack cheese
1 Cup prepared Ranch dressing
½ Cup chopped tomatoes
1 Package egg roll wrappers, cut in quarters

Directions

Prepare

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Blot dry sausage, then combine sausage with cheeses, dressing, and tomatoes.

Bake the cups

Lightly spray muffin tin, then press one wrapper into each cup. Spray with oil.
Bake 5 minutes.
Remove from tin and place on a baking sheet.

Fill and bake

Fill with sausage mixture.
Bake 5 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

641Calories

49 gProtein

46 gFat

7 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Egg Roll	1 large egg (50g)	78
Ranch	1 tbsp (15g) dressing	73
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22

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.

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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.

Cheddar cheese + cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together984 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cheddar cheese + ranchtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together119 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).
Cheddar cheese + tomatotop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,865 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cheese + tomatotop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,896 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cheese + ranchtop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together65 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

What each ingredient does

Egg roll wrappers: Form a crisp, golden shell that holds the filling in each cup.
Cheddar cheese: Melts into the filling, adding richness and binding it together.
Monterey jack cheese: Melts smoothly, adding creaminess and moisture to the filling.
Ranch dressing: Adds fat and moisture to the sausage mixture, keeping the filling soft.
Cooked spicy sausage: Provides the main savory, spicy flavor and bulk of the filling.

Swap the tomato

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

Potatofits better
Welsh onionfits better
Mustardfits about as well
Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheddar cheese, cheese, ranch, egg. 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.