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Baked Fruit Dip

"This warm and cheesy fruit dip has become a favorite with friends and family! The blend of cheese and fruit creates a wonderful flavor. Although it can be served with crackers, it's especially wonderful served with sliced apples and pears."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Baked Fruit Dip

Why it works: Cream cheese and swiss cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 54 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Baked Fruit Dip

12 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

508Calories
12 gProtein
19 gFat
81 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Apple Juice1 medium (182g)95
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62

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. Cream cheese + swiss cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together54 recipes

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

  2. Pineapple + appletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Pineapple + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,664 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Orange + appletop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,230 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Cream cheese + pineappletop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together250 recipes

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

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, pineapple, swiss cheese, apple):

  1. Pearfits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Grapefits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, pineapple, swiss cheese, apple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.