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Baked Cheese Sticks

"These are great served hot with salsa or pizza sauce. They take a little effort but are worth it!! The coating is made with finely crushed cornflakes cereal, lightly spiced. "

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Baked Cheese Sticks

Why it works: Oregano and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,756 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Baked Cheese Sticks

6 servings
Prep35 min
Cook8 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

623Calories
26 gProtein
13 gFat
97 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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.

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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. Oregano + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

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

  2. Oregano + mozzarella cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together482 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  3. Oregano + flourtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Garlic + mozzarella cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Garlic + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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 (oregano, flour, egg, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Basilfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oregano, flour, egg, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.