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Warm, Cheesy Swiss Chard and Roasted Garlic Dip Recipe

A warm dip recipe made with fresh Swiss chard, roasted garlic, and fontina cheese, with a crispy pine nut and panko topping.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Warm, Cheesy Swiss Chard and Roasted Garlic Dip Recipe

Why it works: Shallot and chard share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Warm, Cheesy Swiss Chard and Roasted Garlic Dip Recipe

6 to 8 servings
Cook1 hr 45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1094Calories
43 gProtein
54 gFat
111 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Swiss Chardnot 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. Shallot + chardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Chard + pinetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Garlic + chardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together246 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Olive + chardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together320 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, olive, shallot, chard, cheese, pine, cream cheese):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, olive, shallot, chard, cheese, pine, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.