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Tomato, Mozzarella & Polenta Tart

Use Italian cornmeal as a healthy base to an open pie - cook with stock, bake then top with 'tricolore'- tomatoes, cheese and rocket

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Tomato, Mozzarella & Polenta Tart

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Tomato, Mozzarella & Polenta Tart

Serves 6

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

273Calories
9 gProtein
20 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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 + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  3. Tomato + vinegartop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, vinegar):

  1. Tomatothe original
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Cucumberfits about as well
  4. Mustardfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.