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Rainbow Goat's Cheese Balls

Colourful goat's cheese balls are perfect atop any platter and can be made up to a day ahead

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Rainbow Goat's Cheese Balls

Why it works: Olive and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,111 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Rainbow Goat's Cheese Balls

Serves 20
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

241Calories
7 gProtein
23 gFat
2 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Toasted Sesame Seednot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Olive + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,111 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

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

  3. Cheese + sesametop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together66 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the sesame

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

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Walnutfits better
  3. Chickpeafits about as well
  4. Sesamethe original

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