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Welsh Goat's Cheese & Leek Tart

Not just for St David's day, make this tasty tart for two for any special occasion

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Welsh Goat's Cheese & Leek Tart

Why it works: Leek and mustard share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 21 recipes. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Welsh Goat's Cheese & Leek Tart

Serves 2
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

322Calories
11 gProtein
26 gFat
11 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
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. Leek + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Olive + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Mustard + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Olive + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,802 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Olive + leektop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the leek

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

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Broccolifits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Leekthe original

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