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Almond Crusted Chevre and Grape Truffles

"A savory-sweet appetizer that looks like a candy truffle is really a juicy grape in a goat cheese coating, rolled in toasted almonds and chives."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Almond Crusted Chevre and Grape Truffles

Why it works: Almond and chive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Almond Crusted Chevre and Grape Truffles

13 truffles

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

200Calories
3 gProtein
11 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Port Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Almond + chivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Grape + almondtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

  3. Pepper + chivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Pepper + grapetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,909 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Cream cheese + chivetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together204 recipes

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

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, port wine, pepper, grape, chive):

  1. Walnutfits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Chestnutfits about as well
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, port wine, pepper, grape, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.