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Goat’s Cheese & Courgette Tart with Pistachio Dressing

Ready-made puff pastry is key to quickly whipping up this open tart of summer greens with a creamy base

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Goat’s Cheese & Courgette Tart with Pistachio Dressing

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Goat’s Cheese & Courgette Tart with Pistachio Dressing

Serves 12

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

454Calories
13 gProtein
36 gFat
23 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
Pistachio1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels)159
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Pastrynot in our table0
Rocket Saladnot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Olive + pistachiotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together299 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

  4. Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Clove + pistachiotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together120 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the pistachio

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, butter, cheese, white wine, vinegar, garlic, clove):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Sesamefits better
  4. Pistachiothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, butter, cheese, white wine, vinegar, garlic, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.