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Easter Meat Pie

"This meat pie is a winner every Easter. Stuffed full of ham, salami, and prosciutto, as well as ricotta, Parmesan, and mozzarella cheeses, this pie really satisfies!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Easter Meat Pie

Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,093 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Easter Meat Pie

2 - 9 inch pies
Prep45 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

689Calories
61 gProtein
43 gFat
8 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pie Crustnot 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. Mozzarella cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

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

  2. Ricotta cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together371 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  3. Mozzarella cheese + prosciuttotop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Salami + prosciuttotop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together28 recipes

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

  5. Mozzarella cheese + salamitop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together72 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

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