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Easter Pie

"This recipe was given to me this past Easter by a wonderful lady. We don't wait until Easter to make and eat it!! One egg usually will do, but 2 may be necessary."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Easter Pie

Why it works: Cheddar cheese and provolone cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 28 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Easter Pie

2 pies

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

965Calories
67 gProtein
66 gFat
21 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pastrynot in our table0
Pienot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cheddar cheese + provolone cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Cheddar cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,436 recipes

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

  5. Cheddar cheese + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,964 recipes

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

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, cheddar cheese, provolone cheese, milk, ricotta cheese, pepper, butter):

  1. Parsleythe original
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Oreganofits about as well
  4. Basilfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, cheddar cheese, provolone cheese, milk, ricotta cheese, pepper, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.