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Blue Cheese, Sweet Pecan, and Cranberry Spread

"Inspired by the flavors of an entree at our favorite end of the week chain restaurant. With blue cheese, candied pecans, and cranberries, you'll love this easy cheese spread on crackers."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Blue Cheese, Sweet Pecan, and Cranberry Spread

Why it works: Blue cheese and cream 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, Sweet Pecan, and Cranberry Spread

2 1/2 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

281Calories
9 gProtein
20 gFat
19 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Pecan1 half (4g)20

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. Blue cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together70 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + pecanstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together465 recipes

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

  3. Blue cheese + pecanstop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together47 recipes

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

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