Name: Leek, Chard and Corn Flatbread
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 3 large leeks (about 1 1/2 pounds); 1 12-ounce bundle chard or about 6 cups (6 ounces) of leaves, cut into 1/2-inch ribbons; 1/2 teaspoon table salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 1 cup fresh corn kernels (cut from 1 to 2 medium ears corn); Cornmeal, for sprinkling baking surface; 4-ounce goat cheese log, cold

Leek, Chard and Corn Flatbread

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By smittenkitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients

Why it works: Olive and chard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 320 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Leek, Chard and Corn Flatbread

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
3 large leeks (about 1 1/2 pounds)
1 12-ounce bundle chard or about 6 cups (6 ounces) of leaves, cut into 1/2-inch ribbons
1/2 teaspoon table salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup fresh corn kernels (cut from 1 to 2 medium ears corn)
Cornmeal, for sprinkling baking surface
4-ounce goat cheese log, cold

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

571Calories

10 gProtein

48 gFat

29 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Goat Cheese	1 oz (28g)	103
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Chard	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By smittenkitchen. 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.

Olive + chardtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together320 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + goat cheesetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together573 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Olive + corntop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,502 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Chard + peppertop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together252 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Butter + goat cheesetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together184 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

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

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, butter, chard, pepper, corn, goat cheese):

Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits better
Tomatofits better
Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, butter, chard, pepper, corn, goat cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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