Name: Easy Peach Tart
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2 whole Peaches, Pitted And Thinly Sliced; 2 Tablespoons Dark Brown Sugar; 1 Tablespoon Dark Spiced Rum; ½ teaspoons Cinnamon; ¼ teaspoons Vanilla Extract; 1 pinch Salt; 1 whole Sheet Of Frozen Puff Pastry, Thawed In The Refrigerator; ¼ cups Water; ¼ cups Apricot Preserves

Why it works: Peach and apricot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 342 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Easy Peach Tart

Serves 12

Prep10 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

2 whole Peaches, Pitted And Thinly Sliced
2 Tablespoons Dark Brown Sugar
1 Tablespoon Dark Spiced Rum
½ teaspoons Cinnamon
¼ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1 pinch Salt
1 whole Sheet Of Frozen Puff Pastry, Thawed In The Refrigerator
¼ cups Water
¼ cups Apricot Preserves

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

175Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

33 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peach	1 medium (150g)	59
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Rum	1/2 oz (15ml)	32
Apricot	1 medium (35g)	17
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pastry	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

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.

Peach + apricottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together342 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Peach + vanillatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together558 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,287 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
Vanilla + apricottop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together608 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
Rum + vanillatop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together728 recipes

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

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