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Fig and Goat Cheese Tart

The overhead shot might have fooled you into thinking that the figs are the beautiful part of this dessert. But the real beauty lies in its simplicity. Five, yes just five, ingredients go into this picture-perfect tart. And it takes a grand total of 20 minutes to put together.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 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 ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep30 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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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 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. Lemon + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,973 recipes

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

  3. Honey + figtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together227 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Olive + goat cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together557 recipes

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

  5. Olive + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,641 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 thyme

The recipe marks thyme as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, almond, flour, honey, goat cheese, lemon, fig):

  1. Thymethe original
  2. Rosemaryabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Cinnamonabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, almond, flour, honey, goat cheese, lemon, fig. 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).