Cream cheese
Crema de queso in Spanish
Cream cheese is a type of cheese that is popular in many cuisines. It is used as a spread on bread, as a filling in cakes and pastries, and as a sauce in savory dishes. Cream cheese pairs well with other dairy products, such as milk and yogurt. It can also be paired with fruits, such as strawberries, and with nuts, such as walnuts.
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What combines with cream cheese
Classic partners
Also good with
- Almonds
- Bananas
- Berries
- Blackberries
- Blue cheese
- Caramel
- Celery
- Cherries
- Chervil
- Chives
- Chocolate / cocoa
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- Cranberries
- Cream
- Crème fraîche
- Cucumbers
- Cured salmon
- Daikon
- Desserts
- Dill
- Dried fruit
- Eggs and eggbased dishes
- Endive
- Fresh figs
- Ginger
- Hazelnuts
- Honey
- Horseradish
- Kiwi fruit
- Limes
- Lovage
- Lychees
- Maple syrup
- Mascarpone
- Olives
- Parsley
- Passion fruit
- Raisins
- Raspberries
- Rhubarb
- Rosemary
- Rum
- Rutabagas
- Sage
- Salmon
- Salt
- Scallions
- Scallops
- Shiitake mushrooms
- Sourness
- Spinach
- Strawberries
- Sugar
- Walnuts
- Yogurt