Name: Doris' Cherry Meringue Tart
Prep time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 250g homemade or ready-made shortcrust pastry , thawed if frozen; 3 tbsp ground almonds; 3 tbsp caster sugar , plus 100g/4oz; 2 x 350-400g cans or jars of cherries; 2 tsp cornflour; 3 tbsp Crème de Cassis , crème de mûre or kirsch; 2 egg whites

Why it works: Almond and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,679 recipes. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓

Doris' Cherry Meringue Tart

Serves 6

Prep25 min

Ingredients

250g homemade or ready-made shortcrust pastry , thawed if frozen
3 tbsp ground almonds
3 tbsp caster sugar , plus 100g/4oz
2 x 350-400g cans or jars of cherries
2 tsp cornflour
3 tbsp Crème de Cassis , crème de mûre or kirsch
2 egg whites

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

221Calories

8 gProtein

6 gFat

36 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
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.

Explore the science

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.

Almond + sugartop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,679 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122,807 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Almond + eggtop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,645 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, egg):

Pecansfits about as well
Almondthe original
Chestnutfits about as well
Milletfits less well

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

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