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Swiss Chard, Onion & Gruyère Tart

Swiss chard goes well in creamy, cheesy dishes like this melt-in-the-mouth tart

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Swiss Chard, Onion & Gruyère Tart

Why it works: Onion and chard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 267 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Swiss Chard, Onion & Gruyère Tart

Serves 4 - 6
Prep45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

385Calories
18 gProtein
30 gFat
12 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Pastrynot in our table0
Swiss Chardnot 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. Onion + chardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together267 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  3. Butter + oniontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together42,912 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Onion + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together10,827 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

Onion and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 10,827 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the chard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, egg, cream):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Leekfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Chardthe original

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