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Kabocha Squash Pie

"Kabocha, a Japanese winter squash, tastes a bit like sweet potato as well as pumpkin so you can enjoy a bit of both!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Kabocha Squash Pie

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Kabocha Squash Pie

8 servings
Prep20 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

870Calories
30 gProtein
26 gFat
126 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Soy Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Pumpkinnot 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.

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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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Soy milk + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Flour + soy milktop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Soy milk + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together60 recipes

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

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

Swap the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, butter, soy milk, cinnamon, tofu, sugar, nutmeg):

  1. Vanillathe original
  2. Raisinfits about as well
  3. Coconutfits less well
  4. Blueberryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, butter, soy milk, cinnamon, tofu, sugar, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.