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Provence Tartlets

Bite-sized little tartlets that are the perfect party appetizer!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Provence Tartlets

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheddar cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 467 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Provence Tartlets

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook17 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

246Calories
11 gProtein
20 gFat
9 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)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 tastykitchen. 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 + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Garlic + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, cheddar cheese, garlic, spinach, tomato):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Basilthe original
  4. Corianderfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, cheddar cheese, garlic, spinach, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.