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Maria Athans' Spinach Pie

"Old World recipe and tradition. Looks complicated, but not -- and best tasting one I've had."

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Maria Athans' Spinach Pie

Why it works: Cottage cheese and feta cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Maria Athans' Spinach Pie

1 9x13-inch pie
Prep1 hr
Cook55 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

446Calories
27 gProtein
31 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Phyllo Doughnot 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. Cottage cheese + feta cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

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

  2. Spinach + dilltop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  3. Spinach + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,336 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Spinach + feta cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together374 recipes

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

  5. Feta cheese + phyllo doughtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, spinach, onion, egg, cottage cheese, feta cheese, phyllo dough):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Dillthe original
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Capersfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, spinach, onion, egg, cottage cheese, feta cheese, phyllo dough. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.