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Perfectly Melting Cheese Recipe

Adding sodium citrate to any cheese gives it the texture of melty nacho cheese.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Perfectly Melting Cheese Recipe

Why it works: Cheese and cheddar 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 ↓

Perfectly Melting Cheese Recipe

About 5 cups
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

269Calories
14 gProtein
19 gFat
4 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Wheatnot in our table0
Waternot 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.

By chow. 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. Cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

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

  2. Wheat + cheddar cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together107 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Wheat + cheesetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together199 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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