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Asparagus Wrap

"Asparagus lovers unite! These cheesy asparagus bites may well incite a flavor revolution!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Asparagus Wrap

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 Wrap

10 servings
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

485Calories
20 gProtein
36 gFat
23 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
White Bread1 slice (30g) white79
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. Cream cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Blue cheese + buttertop 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 (blue cheese, cream cheese, egg, bread, butter):

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

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