Name: Strawberry & Honey Tart
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 6 Tablespoons FOR THE CRUST:; 1 Tablespoon Butter; 3 Tablespoons Canola Oil; 1 Tablespoon Water; ¼ teaspoons Sugar; 5 ounces, weight Salt; 8 ounces, weight (or 1 Slightly Rounded Cup) Unbleached All-purpose Flour; 2 Tablespoons FOR THE FILLING:; 1 whole Cream Cheese (or Mascarpone), Softened; 2 Tablespoons Milk; 2 Tablespoons Vanilla Bean, Split In Half Lengthwise, With Seeds Scraped Out; 1 teaspoon Honey; 2 cups Powdered Sugar; 1 Tablespoon Lemon Zest

Why it works: Milk and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,187 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

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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.

Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together19,187 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together35,032 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Vanilla + honeytop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,262 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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Strawberry & Honey Tart