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Mushroom & Baby Spinach Tart

You can't have a buffet without a homemade quiche, and everyone is bound to love this vegetarian classic

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Mushroom & Baby Spinach Tart

Why it works: Olive and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,971 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Mushroom & Baby Spinach Tart

Cuts into 12 slices
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

991Calories
38 gProtein
43 gFat
113 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
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. Olive + spinachtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Mushroom + spinachtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together778 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,571 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  5. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

Swap the spinach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, olive, mushroom, egg, milk, cream):

  1. Potatofits about as well
  2. Asparagusfits about as well
  3. Spinachthe original
  4. Chivefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, flour, olive, mushroom, egg, milk, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.