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Fig Tart with Goat Cheese and Thyme

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Goat cheese and fig share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 35 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. 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. Goat cheese + figtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together35 recipes

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

  2. Thyme + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Butter + goat cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together183 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  4. Thyme + figtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together51 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  5. Goat cheese + thymetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together111 recipes

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

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