Name: Sour Cream Dip
Yield: 2½ cups (600 g)
Ingredients: 2 cups (480 ml ) sour cream; ¼ cup (60 ml) mayonnaise; 2 tbsp chopped fresh dill , or 1 tbsp dried and crumbled dill; 2 tbsp grated onion; 2 tbsp chopped chives; 1 tbsp chopped parsley; Salt; Ground pepper

Why it works: Dill and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 669 recipes. Both carry p-mentha-1,3,8-triene, which smells camphor, herbal. The science ↓

Sour Cream Dip

2½ cups (600 g)

Ingredients

Directions

Mix the sour cream, mayonnaise, dill, onion, chives, and parsley.
Season to taste with salt and pepper, then chill.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

234Calories

25 gProtein

6 gFat

19 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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.

Dill + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together669 recipes

Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).
Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Chive + parsleytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,150 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,907 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Sour cream: Forms the creamy base and provides moisture and tangy flavor.
Mayonnaise: Adds richness and smoothness, softening the sharpness of the sour cream.
Dill: Contributes the herbal aroma that defines the dip.
Grated onion: Adds sharp, savory bite and aroma to the dip.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, dill, chive, parsley, pepper):

Shallotfits better
Spinachfits better
Potatofits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, dill, chive, parsley, 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.