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Cheese Canapes

A chilled egg and Neufchatel cheese spread served on crackers with olives.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Cheese Canapes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Boil the eggs for 45 minutes, then cool them in cold water.

  2. Remove the yolks and cream them with the Neufchatel cheeses, softened butter, and cream or rich milk.

  3. Add paprika and coarse sea salt to taste while mixing.

Finish and serve

  1. Chop the olives and the egg whites, then fold them into the mixture.

  2. Spread the mixture on crackers to serve as canapes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  2. Cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

  3. Cheese + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,802 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Cheese + creamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,655 recipes

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

  5. Butter + olivetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,887 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
The yolks form the creamy base of the filling, while the chopped whites add body.
Neufchatel cheeses
Provide the soft, rich body and tang that makes the spread spreadable.
Softened butter
Adds fat and richness, helping the filling blend smoothly and feel silky.
Cream or rich milk
Adds moisture so the cheese and yolks blend into a smooth, spreadable texture.
Olives
Contribute salty, briny flavour and a contrasting bite to the mild filling.

The step that matters

Creaming the yolks with the cheese. Yolks and cheese must be worked until completely smooth; lumps of yolk or cold, firm butter will not blend evenly and leave a grainy spread.

“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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