Why it works: Cheese and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,507 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓
Cheese and Parsley Balls
Ingredients
Directions
Season the cheese to taste.
Mold the cheese into small balls.
Chill the cheese balls in the refrigerator.
Roll the chilled balls in finely chopped parsley.
Serve as a garnish or on lettuce leaves with dressing.
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 pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Cheese + parsleytop 25% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,507 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
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