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Medieval Custard Pie

"A medieval egg custard pie flavored with almond milk, saffron, cinnamon, and rosewater. This version has won a first place in a cooking competition, and is highly popular at feasts in the SCA. Like a sugar cream pie...only better. It can be eaten warm or cool. It takes some careful attention in cooking but is worth the time and trouble. This is a very rich pie...we often cut sixteen slices to the average pie plate, like a cheesecake."

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Medieval Custard Pie

Why it works: Almond and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,514 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Medieval Custard Pie

2 pies
Prep50 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

191Calories
7 gProtein
11 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 9 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Saffronnot in our table0
Rosenot 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. Almond + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Almond + saffrontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together306 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Saffron + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together406 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Saffron + rosetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together78 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the saffron

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, cream, cinnamon, egg, sugar, rose):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Saffronthe original
  3. Allspicefits less well
  4. Clovefits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, cream, cinnamon, egg, sugar, rose. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.