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Asparagus Appetizers

"A wonderful appetizer to have on hand that can be made ahead of time, frozen, and used as needed."

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Asparagus Appetizers

Why it works: Blue cheese and cream cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 70 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Asparagus Appetizers

40 pieces
Prep20 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

861Calories
30 gProtein
36 gFat
103 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27

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. Blue cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together70 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Butter + blue cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together232 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Bread + asparagustop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together363 recipes

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

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

Swap the asparagus

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, butter, blue cheese, cream cheese, egg):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Asparagusthe original
  3. Potatofits about as well
  4. Welsh onionfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, butter, blue cheese, cream cheese, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.