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Cheesy Pizza Dip

"Dip pieces of French bread or pita into this gooey hot dip. It's like an instant pizza!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Cheesy Pizza Dip

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheddar cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 467 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Cheesy Pizza Dip

7 cups
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

489Calories
35 gProtein
27 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Pizzanot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0

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. Cream cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

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

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Oregano + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

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

  4. Oregano + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

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

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, cream, pepper, sauce, onion, garlic, cheddar cheese):

  1. Cuminfits about as well
  2. Celeryfits about as well
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, cream, pepper, sauce, onion, garlic, cheddar cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.