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Baked Goat Cheese

"You'll get rave reviews from guests when you serve this rich appetizer--plan to have it ready ahead of time to pop in the oven!"

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Baked Goat Cheese

Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Baked Goat Cheese

12 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

260Calories
8 gProtein
23 gFat
8 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Olive1 large (4g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4

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. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

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

  4. Tomato + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,370 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Goat cheese + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together573 recipes

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

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

Swap the thyme

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

  1. Basilfits about as well
  2. Thymethe original
  3. Garlicfits less well
  4. Oreganofits less well

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