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Brie and Walnut Tartlets

"These sweet and creamy puff pastry tartlets are a superb way to begin a dinner party."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Brie and walnut work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 19 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

36 tartlets
Prep50 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, tree nuts (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. Thaw one sheet of the puff pastry at room temperature for about 30 minutes until pliable. Keep the remaining sheet wrapped in the freezer.

  2. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C) and lightly grease a 36-cup mini muffin tin.

  3. Cut the chilled Brie into 36 small cubes, discarding the rind.

  4. In a small bowl, stir together the chopped walnuts, brown sugar and Dijon-style mustard.

  5. Unfold the thawed pastry sheet and cut it into 36 rounds about 2 inches (5 cm) across.

  6. Press each pastry round gently into a cup of the mini muffin tin, letting the edges rise above the rim.

  7. Place a spoonful of the walnut mixture and one Brie cube into each pastry cup.

  8. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until the pastry is puffed and golden and the cheese is melted.

  9. Cool the tartlets in the pan for 5 minutes, then lift them out and serve 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. Brie + walnuttop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

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

  3. Cheese + mustardtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,805 recipes

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

  4. Cheese + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together410 recipes

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

  5. Walnut + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together848 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

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

  1. Capsicumabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against brie, cheese, walnut, sugar. 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).