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Blue Cheese Dip I

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Blue Cheese Dip I

Why it works: Cream cheese and blue 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 ↓

Blue Cheese Dip I

12 servings
Prep15 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

292Calories
12 gProtein
26 gFat
4 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Garlic1 clove (3g)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. Cream cheese + blue cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together70 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + walnuttop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together439 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Blue cheese + walnuttop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together100 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  4. Garlic + walnuttop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,009 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Garlic + blue cheesetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together220 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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 (cream cheese, blue cheese, walnut):

  1. Celeryfits better
  2. Dillfits about as well
  3. Nutmegfits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

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