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Vanilla Blueberry Tart

A tart filled with blueberries, sugar, butter, lemon, and vanilla, baked and chilled.

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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 cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Vanilla Blueberry Tart

Ovenpreheated oven
Time10-12 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the crust

  1. Roll out pastry 1 inch wider all around than outer rim of pie pan.

  2. Fit pastry into pan. Make a high, stand-up rim. Flute edges.

  3. Prick sides and bottom of pastry with a fork.

  4. Bake in a preheated oven until golden; 10-12 minutes.

  5. Cool.

Make the filling

  1. In a medium saucepan, combine 2 cups of the blueberries, both sugars, flour, butter, salt, and lemon juice.

  2. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture boils and thickens.

  3. Cool.

  4. Stir in remaining 3 cups of blueberries and the vanilla extract.

Assemble and chill

  1. Spoon into prepared pie shell.

  2. Refrigerate until firm; about 4 hours.

  3. Serve with vanilla flavored whipped cream, if desired.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

714Calories
15 gProtein
13 gFat
133 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pastrynot 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. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Flour + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,241 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Butter + vanillatop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Lemon + vanillatop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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

What each ingredient does

Blueberries
Provide the fruit body and flavor of the filling, softening and releasing juice when cooked.
Flour
Thickens the cooked blueberry juices into a sliceable filling as the mixture boils.
Granulated sugar and brown sugar
Sweeten the filling and help draw out juice from the blueberries during cooking.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the sweetness and sharpens the blueberry flavor.
Butter or margarine
Adds fat for richness and a smoother mouthfeel in the filling.

The step that matters

Cook the filling until it boils and thickens. Flour starch only thickens fully once the mixture reaches a boil. Stopping early leaves a runny filling that will not hold its shape when sliced.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, flour, butter, vanilla):

  1. Raisinfits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, flour, butter, vanilla. 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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