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Swiss Chard Tart with Roasted Pumpkin and Basil

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Chard and pine share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 24 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Swiss Chard Tart with Roasted Pumpkin and Basil

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

954Calories
33 gProtein
47 gFat
100 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
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Swiss Chardnot in our table0
Pumpkinnot 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 bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Chard + pinetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Pine + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

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

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Flour + chardtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together95 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, olive, chard, egg, pine, basil):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, olive, chard, egg, pine, basil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.