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Pumpkin Figs Pie

"Light and naturally sweet pie made with pears, pumpkin and figs without needing to add sugar - unless you want to."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Pumpkin Figs Pie

Why it works: Pear and fig share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 65 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Pumpkin Figs Pie

1 - 9 inch pie
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

187Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
49 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pear1 medium (178g)101
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Dried Fig1 medium (50g)37
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Pumpkinnot 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. Pear + figtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together65 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Pumpkin + figtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30 recipes

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

  3. Pear + pumpkintop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together34 recipes

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

  4. Fig + sugartop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,241 recipes

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

  5. Pear + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pear, fig, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Apricotfits better
  3. Applefits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pear, fig, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.