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Bacon Cheddar Chive Muffins

"Mmm!!! I took care in making these into a perfect combination of flavors. A great muffin for breakfast, brunch, lunch, with soup or for a tasty snack. In our home they're gobbled up fast! Everybody LOVES these - you will too!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Bacon Cheddar Chive Muffins

Why it works: Parmesan cheese and cheddar cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 592 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Bacon Cheddar Chive Muffins

12 muffins
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1187Calories
50 gProtein
54 gFat
125 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Soupnot 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 allrecipes. 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. Parmesan cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together592 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Flour + chivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Chive + cheddar cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together218 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Cheddar cheese + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,964 recipes

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

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, chive, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, egg, milk):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Jalapenofits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, chive, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, egg, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.