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Goat Cheese and Prosciutto "Log" Recipe

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By chow · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Goat Cheese and Prosciutto "Log" Recipe

Four 5 oz logs.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

307Calories
20 gProtein
23 gFat
6 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Goat cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together79 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyloctanoic acid (goaty, mutton).

  3. Goat cheese + prosciuttotop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together26 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Cheese + prosciuttotop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together144 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Goat cheese + lemontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together128 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (goat cheese, cheese, prosciutto, lemon):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Basilfits better
  3. Pepperfits about as well
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against goat cheese, cheese, prosciutto, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.