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Banberry Tarts

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Why it works: Fig and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,192 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Banberry Tarts

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mae Hayward.

  2. I pound raisins; y{ pound of citron; 4 figs, chopped fine; juice and grated rind of i lemon; i cup of sugar; 3 rolled crackers; 3 tablespoonfuls of water.

  3. Just heat through, but do not cook. When cool add 3 tablespoonfuls of brand}'. This makes about 3 dozen. Cut good pastry with round cutter, and add i tablespoonful of the filling.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

492Calories
13 gProtein
1 gFat
105 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Fig1 medium (50g)37
Waternot 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 Fredonia, N.Y. Trinity parish guild, comp. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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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. Fig + flourtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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