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Cheese Dip with Beer

"This is great for football gatherings when you want to serve something hardy and filling. It gets lots of compliments. Serve with bite-size pieces of bread and vegetables."

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Cheese Dip with Beer

Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and cream cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 137 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Cheese Dip with Beer

16 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

423Calories
18 gProtein
27 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Rye Bread1 slice (32g)83
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Mozzarella cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together137 recipes

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

  2. Cheddar cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together271 recipes

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

  3. Cheddar cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

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

  4. Cheddar cheese + beertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together148 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Rye + garlictop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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