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Apple Marmalade Tart

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Apple and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 30% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,461 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Apple Marmalade Tart

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Prepare a tart using the apple tart method, omitting quince if desired.

  2. Fill the tart with apple marmalade.

  3. Cover the tart with decorative pastry shapes using a mosaic board.

  4. Press the pastry into the board with a rolling pin and cut away excess.

  5. Glaze the top and sides with beaten egg.

  6. Bake until lightly colored.

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.

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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. Apple + eggtop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together7,461 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

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