Name: Taleggio, Bacon & Spring Onion Tart
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 230g pack ready rolled all-butter shortcrust pastry (Sara Lee, from Sainsbury's, is exceptionally good); 4 rashers unsmoked back bacon (total weight about 140g/5oz), cut into lardons (small cubes); 6 spring onions , chopped; 284ml carton double cream; 150ml milk; 2 large eggs and 2 egg yolks; 140g taleggio cheese , cut into 1cm cubes

Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Taleggio, Bacon & Spring Onion Tart

Serves 6

Ingredients

230g pack ready rolled all-butter shortcrust pastry (Sara Lee, from Sainsbury's, is exceptionally good)
4 rashers unsmoked back bacon (total weight about 140g/5oz), cut into lardons (small cubes)
6 spring onions , chopped
284ml carton double cream
150ml milk
2 large eggs and 2 egg yolks
140g taleggio cheese , cut into 1cm cubes

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

478Calories

26 gProtein

31 gFat

24 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Pastry	not in our table	0

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.

Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,962 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Milk + cheesetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,426 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Butter + oniontop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together42,912 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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

Potatofits better
Asparagusfits better
Chivefits about as well
Onionthe original

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

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