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Nectarine Tarte Tatin Recipe

This upside down tart is commonly made with apples but other fruits also work well such as pears, plums, nectarines or peaches.

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Why it works: Sugar and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 35,032 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Nectarine Tarte Tatin Recipe

6 people
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

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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. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Butter + vanillatop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together20,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,032 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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