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Caramelized Onion, Mushroom & Gruyere Tartlets

By browneyedbaker · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and gruyere cheese work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 115 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

16 3-inch tartlets
Prep1 hr
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By browneyedbaker. 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. Garlic + gruyere cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. White wine + gruyere cheesetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together55 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  4. Mushroom + white winetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,704 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  5. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, butter, mushroom, thyme, pepper, white wine):

  1. Garlicthe original
  2. Marjoramabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Parsleyabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Rosemaryabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, butter, mushroom, thyme, pepper, white wine. 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).