Why it works: Cheese and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,962 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓
Founded Cheese
Ingredients
Directions
Pound and rub the cheese and butter in a mortar until smooth.
Spread the mixture on bread.
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.
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Cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together7,962 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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What each ingredient does
- Cheese
- Provides the main flavor and body of the spread.
- Butter
- Adds fat for a softer, smoother, spreadable texture.
- Salad oil
- Adds fat that keeps the spread loose and easy to spread.
The step that matters
Pound and rub until smooth. Working the cheese and butter together breaks up lumps and blends the fat evenly, so the spread stays smooth rather than grainy or crumbly once it cools.
“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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