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Swiss Chard & Vacherin Tart

John Torode's chard pie uses a European cow's-milk cheese and is a great centrepiece when entertaining

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Swiss Chard & Vacherin Tart

Why it works: Chard and flour share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 95 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Swiss Chard & Vacherin Tart

Serves 10

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

835Calories
28 gProtein
31 gFat
108 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
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Swiss Chardnot in our table0
Cold Cutnot 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. Chard + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together95 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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

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

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

  4. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + milktop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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, flour, egg, milk, cream):

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

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