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Autumn Mushroom and Chard Torte Recipe

Get into the swing of autumn with this seasonal mushroom and chard bake.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Mushroom and chard work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 30 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

6 people
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

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 lovefood. 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. Mushroom + chardtop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Garlic + chardtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together246 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Mushroom + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together12,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Mushroom + winetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,509 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).

  5. Mushroom + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,557 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

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, butter, garlic, chard, wine, cream, egg):

  1. Thymethe original
  2. Parsleyabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, butter, garlic, chard, wine, cream, egg. 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).