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Hazelnut Ganache Tart

Rich and sultry hazelnut ganache tart!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Hazelnut Ganache Tart

Why it works: Hazelnut and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 350 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Hazelnut Ganache Tart

Serves 12
Prep1 hr 20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

308Calories
2 gProtein
26 gFat
17 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Hazelnutnot 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 tastykitchen. 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. Hazelnut + chocolatetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together350 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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

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

  3. Chocolate + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  4. Chocolate + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,543 recipes

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

  5. Hazelnut + creamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

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

Swap the hazelnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, butter, cream):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Filbertfits better
  3. Pecansfits about as well
  4. Hazelnutthe original

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