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Baked Brie with Caramelized Onions

"I got this recipe from my boyfriend's sister. It is absolutely amazing, and very easy to do. Spend a little bit of time preparing, and a lot of time enjoying! You can also garnish with candied walnuts."

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Why it works: Onion and brie work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 55 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl butyrate, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Contains: 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. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Cut the top off the garlic head, wrap it in foil, and roast for 30 minutes.

  2. While the garlic roasts, melt the 1/4 cup butter in a skillet over medium-low heat. Add the sliced yellow onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes until deep golden and caramelized.

  3. Add the sliced apple to the onions and cook for 5 minutes, stirring, until the apple is just softened.

  4. Unwrap the roasted garlic and squeeze the soft cloves out of the skins. Mash them and stir into the onion and apple mixture for 1 minute. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.

  5. Unroll the thawed puff pastry sheet on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Place the Brie wedge in the center and spoon the onion and apple mixture over the top.

  6. Fold the pastry up around the Brie, pinching the seams closed. Turn it seam-side down and brush all over with the melted butter.

  7. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until the pastry is golden brown. Let rest 5 minutes before serving warm.

By allrecipes. 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. Onion + brietop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together55 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  2. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Brie + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together161 recipes

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

  4. Butter + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together7,955 recipes

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

  5. Apple + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together292 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, apple, brie, cheese):

  1. Thymeabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, apple, brie, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).