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Toffee Apple and Pecan Tarts

Delicious, chewy toffee apple and pecan tarts.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Toffee Apple and Pecan Tarts

Why it works: Oats and pecans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 289 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Toffee Apple and Pecan Tarts

Serves 8
Prep45 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1007Calories
33 gProtein
31 gFat
148 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 12 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pastrynot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Toffeenot in our table0
Dulce De Lechenot 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. Oats + pecanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together289 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  2. Sugar + condensed milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Butter + pecanstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,416 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Butter + oatstop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,939 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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 pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, egg, oats, condensed milk):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Pecansthe original
  3. Macadamia nutfits about as well
  4. Cashew nutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, butter, egg, oats, condensed milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.