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Goat's Cheese & Watercress Quiche

A goat's cheese and watercress quiche that's gluten-free and truly flavoursome

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Watercress and cheese work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 85 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Watercress + cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together85 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  2. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Butter + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together7,955 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Milk + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,424 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Flour + nutmegtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together18,411 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the nutmeg

The recipe marks nutmeg as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, butter, egg, onion, watercress, milk, cheese):

  1. Capersbetter flavor fit
  2. Parsleyabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Garlicabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Nutmegthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, butter, egg, onion, watercress, milk, cheese. 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).