Name: Anchovy-stuffed Olives
Ingredients: pitted olives; 3 oz (87 g) pkg. cream cheese; 2 oz (58 g) tube anchovy paste

Why it works: Olive and anchovy work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 880 recipes. Both carry hexanol, which smells green, fruity. The science ↓

Anchovy-stuffed Olives

Ingredients

pitted olives
3 oz (87 g) pkg. cream cheese
2 oz (58 g) tube anchovy paste

Directions

Whip cheese and anchovy paste until smooth.
Stuff into well-drained, pitted olives (ripe or green), using pastry tube or tip of spoon.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

313Calories

31 gProtein

20 gFat

2 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Anchovy	100g	210
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Olive	1 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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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.

Olive + anchovytop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together880 recipes

Shared aroma: hexanol (green, fruity).
Olive + cream cheesetop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,003 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Cream cheese + anchovytop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

What each ingredient does

Cream cheese: Adds a creamy, mild filling that softens the sharp saltiness of the anchovy paste.
Anchovy paste: Provides a strong savory, salty flavor that seasons the filling.

“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.