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Apple-Chard Quiche

A quiche with sautéed onions, chard, mushrooms, apples, and cheese baked in a pie crust.

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Why it works: Olive and chard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 320 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Apple-Chard Quiche

Oven375°F
Time35 to 45 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the vegetables

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

  2. Heat oil and butter in large skillet over medium heat.

  3. Reduce heat to medium-low, and sauté onions until caramelized, about 15 minutes.

  4. Add Swiss chard, mushrooms, salt and pepper.

  5. Increase heat to medium, and cook, stirring often, until mushrooms and chard are soft, about 7 minutes.

Make the filling

  1. Combine apples, flour and nutmeg in mixing bowl, and toss to coat apples.

  2. Combine eggs, cheese and milk in separate bowl, and beat until ingredients are well blended.

  3. Fold in apple mixture.

  4. Spoon chard mixture into pie crust.

  5. Pour egg-cheese-apple mixture over top.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake 35 to 45 minutes, or until cheese mixture is set and top is browned.

  2. Cool slightly before slicing, and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1188Calories
39 gProtein
50 gFat
148 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
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Swiss Chardnot in our table0
Pie Crustnot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Olive + chardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together320 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Chard + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together95 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,571 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Onion + chardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together267 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set the custard and bind the filling so the quiche holds its slices.
Jarlsberg cheese
Melts into the custard, adding richness and savory flavor while helping it set.
All-purpose flour
Coats the apples and thickens the egg mixture slightly, helping it hold together.
Skim milk
Provides the liquid that the eggs set in, keeping the custard moist and tender.
Ruby swiss chard
Adds leafy bulk and earthy flavor that softens as it cooks down.
Onion
Caramelizes slowly, adding sweetness and depth to the filling.

The step that matters

Cook the onions slowly until caramelized. Low, steady heat lets the onion sugars brown gradually. Rushing with high heat scorches the onions before they turn sweet and deeply flavored, and extra moisture left in the vegetables can make the custard watery.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, butter, onion, chard, mushroom, pepper, flour):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, butter, onion, chard, mushroom, pepper, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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