Preposition: of

• fraiche: Serve warm or chilled with a dollop of creme fraiche or a whirl of cream for extra calories.

• mayonnaise: Serve pancakes hot or cool with a dollop of coriander mayonnaise.

• yogurt: Slice and eat, or dice them, put in a pretty dish add a dollop of yogurt.

• cream: Can be served hot or cold with a dollop of the tofu cream.

• humor: He sings and plays straight from the heart with genuine warmth, sincerity and dollops of humor.

• jam: A heap of dark brown powder on the bench appeared to be surrounded with dollops of red jam.

Converse of object

• like: Would you like a great dollop of it or not?

• add: Believe the good reports and add a dollop of optimism into the mixer of belief as well.

• put: I put a dollop of honey down on the concrete near my shed, one hot sunny afternoon.

• place: To film them feeding, he places small dollops of food under leaves in the woodland.

• have: Andy Ward has a large dollop of vocal versatility, whilst the tight inventiveness of the rhythm section is obvious.

• try: Try a generous dollop of banana toothpaste in a sandwich.

Adjective modifier

• hefty: The production is nothing if not fun, and a hefty dollop of humor runs right through the show, especially the costumes.

• generous: To Serve: On a serving plate place a generous dollop of the crushed potatoes.

• healthy: Christmas Eve sees them serving up healthy dollops of festive fun.

• huge: This works fine, but it does mean that you tend to get a huge dollop of content in a very short time.

• big: And I got a big fat dollop of water in my eye for my efforts.

• large: The picture above shows a worker in close-up, with large dollops of pollen sticking to the hind legs.

Preposition: on

• top: Make extra pumpkin creme to top or toss through brown rice noodles or place a dollop on top of creamy hot breakfast grain.