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Ham & Blue Cheese Tart

There's no need to make pastry for this tart, just buy a packet of filo. The leftovers are great for packed lunches too

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Ham & Blue Cheese Tart

Why it works: Cheese and blue cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 61 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Ham & Blue Cheese Tart

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

790Calories
46 gProtein
61 gFat
17 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
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Ham100g cooked145
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
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. Cheese + blue cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together61 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Olive + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,802 recipes

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

  5. Olive + blue cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together329 recipes

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

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, ham, onion, egg, cheese, blue cheese, pine):

  1. Walnutfits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Pistachiofits better
  4. Nutsthe original

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