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Cheese and Tomato Fondue

"Gruyere and domestic Swiss cheeses melt readily, blending with tomatoes in this tasty fondue. Serve with sliced baguettes."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Cheese and Tomato Fondue

Why it works: Gruyere 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 24 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Cheese and Tomato Fondue

3 cups
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

418Calories
17 gProtein
29 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Gruyere Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
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.

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. Gruyere cheese + swiss cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. White wine + swiss cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together101 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  5. White wine + gruyere cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together55 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, garlic, onion, tomato, white wine, gruyere cheese, swiss cheese):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, garlic, onion, tomato, white wine, gruyere cheese, swiss cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.