Why it works: Peach and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 385 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 6Ingredients
Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C) with a rack in the lower-middle position. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Lightly dust a clean counter with flour. Roll the thawed puff pastry into a rough 10-inch square, then transfer it to the parchment-lined sheet.
Stir the cream cheese well until smooth. Spread it over the center of the pastry, leaving a 1-inch border all the way around.
In a bowl, toss the sliced peaches with the 1 tbsp all purpose flour and 1 tbsp of the sugar. Arrange the peaches over the cream cheese.
Fold the pastry border up and over the edges of the peaches, pleating as you go to make a rim. Sprinkle the border with the remaining 1 tbsp sugar and the salt.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the pastry is deep golden and puffed and the peaches are tender. Let cool on the sheet for 5 minutes.
Warm the orange marmalade in the microwave for 15 to 20 seconds, stirring until liquid. Brush it over the peaches and the pastry rim while the tart is still warm.
Slice and serve warm or at room temperature.
Explore the science
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.
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Peach + orangetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together385 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Cream cheese + spreadtop 5% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together102 recipes
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Sugar + spreadtop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together260 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Cream cheese + peachtop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together51 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).
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Sugar + peachtop 9% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together2,308 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the orange
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, cream cheese, spread, peach):
- Vanillabetter flavor fit
- Raspberrybetter flavor fit
- Blueberrybetter flavor fit
- Orangethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, cream cheese, spread, peach. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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