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Cheese Squares

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Cheese Squares

Why it works: Cottage 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 14 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Cheese Squares

6 to 8 servings
Prep5 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

790Calories
40 gProtein
19 gFat
112 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7

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. Cottage cheese + swiss cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14 recipes

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

  2. Onion + spinachtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,336 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Cottage cheese + spinachtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together106 recipes

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

  4. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Cottage cheese + breadtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together72 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cottage cheese, swiss cheese, egg, bread, spinach):

  1. Asparagusfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cottage cheese, swiss cheese, egg, bread, spinach. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.