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Goats Cheese Tarts

These are just divine! A wonderful salty hit with the rich pastry.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Goats Cheese Tarts

Why it works: Basil and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,063 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Goats Cheese Tarts

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

533Calories
23 gProtein
38 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Pastrynot 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. Basil + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

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

  2. Cherry tomato + basiltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

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

  3. Cherry tomato + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

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

  4. Cheese + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,802 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Egg + prosciuttotop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together208 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, egg, basil, prosciutto, olive):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

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