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Mini Lychee Tart Tatin Recipe

A great Malaysian dessert from Tim Anderson

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Pineapple and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 651 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Mini Lychee Tart Tatin Recipe

4 people
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

585Calories
4 gProtein
44 gFat
48 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 11 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Pastrynot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Lycheenot in our table0
Rambutannot 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 lovefood. 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. Pineapple + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

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

  2. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

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

  4. Coconut + cinnamontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  5. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the rambutan

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pineapple, sugar, coconut, milk, cinnamon, butter, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Bananafits better
  4. Rambutanthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pineapple, sugar, coconut, milk, cinnamon, butter, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.