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Onion and Herb Tart

Tiella is a southern Italian word for a baking pan and, by extension, its contents, often a savory pie or tart. The town of Gaeta, near the border of Campania, has earned recognition for its tiella, a particular kind of torta salata (savory tart). Once a whole meal for the poor, today such dishes are fixtures of antipasto buffets. The tiella di Gaeta comes in many forms with, among other fillings, anchovies and tomatoes, escarole and salt cod, or, as here, onions and scamorza cheese. This recipe calls for a 12-inch cake pan, but the size and shape of the pan for this rustic dish are not crucial.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Olive and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 26,431 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl butyrate, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Olive + oniontop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together26,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  2. Flour + semolinatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together310 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Olive + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together8,668 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  5. Olive + cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,530 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, semolina, olive, onion, pepper, ricotta cheese, cheese):

  1. Garlicbetter flavor fit
  2. Basilabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Thymeabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, semolina, olive, onion, pepper, ricotta cheese, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).