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Rustic Apple Cranberry Crostata

Who doesn’t love pie? But at 500-plus calories per serving I wanted to create a version that was just as yummy and didn’t take an hour on the elliptical just to erase the effects! So I decided to make a crostata instead. The filling is sweet and tart and the crust is flaky and tender. Enjoy this lighter version of your favorite pie! You and your family will love it!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Rustic Apple Cranberry Crostata

Why it works: Apple and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,230 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Rustic Apple Cranberry Crostata

Serves 8
Prep2 hr
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1044Calories
32 gProtein
28 gFat
170 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Apple + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,230 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Butter + appletop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,706 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, cream, canola oil, apple):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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