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Caramelised Passion Fruit & Lime Tart

This zingy tart has a wonderful flavour and is a great way to cook with passion friut

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Passion fruit and lime work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 55 recipes mention both. Both carry myrcene, which smells balsamic, herbaceous. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep30 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 190°C (375°F). Roll out the dessert pastry and line a 23cm (9-inch) loose-bottomed tart tin, pressing it into the edges and trimming the excess.

  2. Prick the base with a fork, line with baking paper and pie weights, and blind bake for 15 minutes. Remove the paper and weights and bake 5 more minutes until pale golden. Lower the oven to 150°C (300°F).

  3. Halve the passion fruits and scoop the pulp into a bowl. Stir in the finely grated lime zest and the lime juice.

  4. In another bowl, whisk the egg yolks with most of the sugar, keeping a little back for the topping. Whisk in the double cream and the passion fruit and lime mixture.

  5. Pour the filling into the warm pastry case. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until just set with a slight wobble in the centre. The filling should reach 160°F (71°C) on a thermometer.

  6. Leave the tart to cool completely, then chill for at least 2 hours until firm.

  7. Sprinkle the reserved sugar evenly over the top. Caramelise under a very hot grill for 2 to 3 minutes, watching closely, until the sugar melts and turns amber.

  8. Let the caramel set for a few minutes, then remove the tart from the tin. Dust with icing sugar if using and serve.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Passion fruit + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together55 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  2. Sugar + creamtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Sugar + eggtop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together122,252 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Passion fruit + creamtop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together81 recipes

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

  5. Egg + creamtop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together41,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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