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Sausage, Mushroom and Cranberry Tart

"This tasty tart with sausage, dried cranberries, lots of mushrooms, cheese and eggs will be the star of your holiday brunch."

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Sausage, Mushroom and Cranberry Tart

Why it works: Mushroom and swiss cheese work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 136 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Sausage, Mushroom and Cranberry Tart

8 wedges
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

981Calories
84 gProtein
58 gFat
31 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Gruyere Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Pie Crustnot 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. Mushroom + swiss cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together136 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  2. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Butter + swiss cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together413 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Parsley + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 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 parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, butter, mushroom, egg, swiss cheese, cream, onion):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Nutmegfits about as well
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, butter, mushroom, egg, swiss cheese, cream, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.