Name: Just Another Turkey Pot Pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 1 9-inch pot pie
Ingredients: 1 (15 ounce) package pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves; 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed and drained; 1 cup heavy whipping cream; 1 cup milk; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 2 cups cubed cooked turkey, or more to taste; 1 tablespoon butter, softened (optional)

Why it works: Thyme and oregano match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 791 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

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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.

Thyme + oreganotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together791 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,585 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,948 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Olive + oreganotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,443 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Oregano + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,449 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, thyme, oregano, pepper, cream, milk, turkey):

Tomatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Potatofits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, thyme, oregano, pepper, cream, milk, turkey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pastry	not in our table	0
Pie	not in our table	0

Just Another Turkey Pot Pie