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Lucky Stars Ginger Spice Apple Tart

"Easily made with prepared pie crusts and apple filling, this star-studded, spiced up tart recipe will make you feel like the luckiest cook on the block."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Lucky Stars Ginger Spice Apple Tart

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Lucky Stars Ginger Spice Apple Tart

8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

329Calories
1 gProtein
18 gFat
42 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 12 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Leafnot in our table0
Pie Fillingnot in our table0
Toppingnot 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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Vanilla + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Nutmeg + gingertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the vanilla

The recipe marks vanilla as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, sugar):

  1. Pearfits about as well
  2. Figfits about as well
  3. Vanillathe original
  4. Peachfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against apple, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.