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Open-Faced Apple Pie

"All the goodness of apple pies!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Open-Faced Apple Pie

Why it works: Vanilla and apple are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,501 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Open-Faced Apple Pie

1 -9 inch pie

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

831Calories
23 gProtein
20 gFat
139 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Syrupnot in our table0
Pastrynot in our table0
Pienot 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. Vanilla + appletop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,501 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Nutmeg + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,623 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Corn + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,943 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  4. Vanilla + nutmegtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Corn + nutmegtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together563 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, syrup, vanilla, nutmeg, egg, butter, flour):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, syrup, vanilla, nutmeg, egg, butter, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.