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Priceless Pecan Pie

"This is an all time favorite Thanksgiving dessert. It has layers of creamy cheesecake, crunchy pecans, and smooth custard."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Priceless Pecan Pie

Why it works: Syrup and evaporated milk share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 59 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Priceless Pecan Pie

1 - 9 inch deep dish pie
Prep30 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

660Calories
22 gProtein
45 gFat
48 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Syrupnot 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. Syrup + evaporated milktop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Vanilla + pecanstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,691 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  5. Vanilla + corntop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,943 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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 (cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, egg, corn, syrup, evaporated milk):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, egg, corn, syrup, evaporated milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.