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Stuffed Poached Pear Tart

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Flour and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,168 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Stuffed Poached Pear Tart

Serves 1
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

933Calories
28 gProtein
28 gFat
139 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients. The other 3 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
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pear1 medium (178g)101
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Saladnot in our table0
Leafnot 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 + chivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

  3. Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Pear + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together96 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  5. White wine + peartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together61 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, butter, egg, white wine, sugar, pear, cheese):

  1. Shallotfits about as well
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Chivethe original
  4. Sweet potatofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, butter, egg, white wine, sugar, pear, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.