Name: Mushroom and Mascarpone Tartlets
Ingredients: 1 disk savory tart dough (see related recipe at left); Flour for rolling out dough; 1 Tbs. unsalted butter; 2 Tbs. olive oil; 2 large leeks, including pale green parts, halved, rinsed and thinly sliced; 3/4 lb. cremini, shiitake, or oyster mushrooms, trimmed and thinly sliced; 1/2 oz. dried porcini mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 20 minutes, squeezed dry and finely chopped (optional); Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 2/3 cup mascarpone cheese (see note above)

Why it works: Shiitake and mushroom work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 552 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Mushroom and Mascarpone Tartlets

Ingredients

1 disk savory tart dough (see related recipe at left)
Flour for rolling out dough
1 Tbs. unsalted butter
2 Tbs. olive oil
2 large leeks, including pale green parts, halved, rinsed and thinly sliced
3/4 lb. cremini, shiitake, or oyster mushrooms, trimmed and thinly sliced
1/2 oz. dried porcini mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 20 minutes, squeezed dry and finely chopped (optional)
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
2/3 cup mascarpone cheese (see note above)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1023Calories

30 gProtein

50 gFat

119 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Mascarpone	2 tbsp (28g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Shiitake	1/2 cup (73g)	34
Oyster Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Savory	not in our table	0
Porcini	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By williamssonoma. 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.

Shiitake + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together552 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,571 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Olive + shiitaketop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together334 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,525 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Flour + shiitaketop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together148 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, butter, olive, shiitake, mushroom, pepper, cheese):

Spinachfits better
Shallotfits better
Chivefits better
Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, butter, olive, shiitake, mushroom, pepper, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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