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Spelt, Smoked Salmon and Spinach Tart

A wholesome tart with a creamy salmon and spinach filling. Try substituting the spinach with asparagus when it's in season.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Why it works: Flour and spelt match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 115 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Spelt, Smoked Salmon and Spinach Tart

Serves 6
Prep2 hr
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1056Calories
54 gProtein
37 gFat
124 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Smoked Salmon100g cooked208
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Speltnot in our table0
Rapeseed Oilnot 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 bbcfood. 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. Flour + spelttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Spelt + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Spinach + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together198 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Spelt + spinachtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Spinach + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together603 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, spelt, butter, spinach, shallot, egg, cottage cheese):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Nutmegthe original
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Thymefits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, spelt, butter, spinach, shallot, egg, cottage cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.