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Cheese Puffs

"Light, airy, cheese puffs are a versatile addition to a meal or appetizer plate. Tiny, they're like soup nuts. Larger, they pair well with beer or wine. Even bigger, they can be split and filled with ham, chicken, tuna salad, or even more cheese! These are easier to make than the recipe sounds, yet the result looks impressive enough that you can tell your friends you slaved over them."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Cheese Puffs

Why it works: Romano cheese and gruyere cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Cheese Puffs

24 medium puffs
Prep45 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1138Calories
52 gProtein
52 gFat
113 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Romano Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Gruyere Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
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.

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. Romano cheese + gruyere cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Butter + gruyere cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together323 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Butter + romano cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together130 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

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

Swap the thyme

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, pepper, milk, butter, egg, romano cheese, gruyere cheese):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Parsleyfits about as well
  3. Thymethe original
  4. Garlicfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, pepper, milk, butter, egg, romano cheese, gruyere cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.