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Christmas Cranberry Spread

"This spread has a wonderful flavor as well as great color for Christmas time or any time of year. It can be served hot or cold with crackers. Everyone requests this recipe."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Christmas Cranberry Spread

Why it works: Cream cheese and feta cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 64 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Christmas Cranberry Spread

24 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

340Calories
12 gProtein
20 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Orange Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Berrynot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Salad Dressingnot 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 + feta cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

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

  2. Cranberry + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together230 recipes

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

  3. Berry + cranberrytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68 recipes

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

  4. Cranberry + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Almond + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,125 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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 (cream cheese, berry, cranberry, sauce, feta cheese, almond, orange):

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, berry, cranberry, sauce, feta cheese, almond, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.