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Brie, Apple, & Walnut Crostini Drizzled with Date Syrup

These little crostini are the perfect appetizer for a party, or if you’re like me, you’ll want to enjoy them with a glass of wine and a movie!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Walnut and date work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 322 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep5 min
Cook12 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Also mentioned in the method: bread

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Arrange the sliced baguette in a single layer on a baking sheet.

  2. Bake the bread for about 5 minutes, until the edges are golden and the tops are crisp.

  3. Toast the chopped walnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring, until fragrant. Set aside.

  4. Top each toasted baguette slice with a piece of sliced brie and a thin slice of apple.

  5. Return the crostini to the oven for 3 to 4 minutes, until the brie softens and just begins to melt.

  6. Sprinkle the toasted walnuts over the crostini.

  7. Drizzle with the date syrup just before serving, and serve warm.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Walnut + datetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together322 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Apple + datetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together137 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Brie + appletop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutanol (fusel, malty).

  4. Brie + walnuttop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together19 recipes

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

  5. Apple + walnuttop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,051 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

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