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Pina Colada Pie

"This pie is extremely easy, and a most impressive presentation! Your friends and family will think you are an expert! Macadamia nuts may be used in place of pecans."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Pina Colada Pie

Why it works: Coconut and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,294 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Pina Colada Pie

1 - 9 inch pie

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

944Calories
10 gProtein
75 gFat
60 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
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Toppingnot 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. Coconut + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Vanilla + pineappletop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together911 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Rum + pineappletop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Coconut + pineappletop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Vanilla + rumtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together728 recipes

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

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coconut, vanilla, butter, cream cheese, cream, rum, pineapple):

  1. Almondfits about as well
  2. Macadamia nutfits about as well
  3. Pecansthe original
  4. Walnutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against coconut, vanilla, butter, cream cheese, cream, rum, pineapple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.