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Spinach and Cheese Pie

"This is a versatile pie; add garlic, fennel, chard, and/or herbed feta for tasty variations."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Spinach and Cheese Pie

Why it works: Spinach and mushroom work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 778 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Spinach and Cheese Pie

1 deep dish pie

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

653Calories
29 gProtein
50 gFat
20 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
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Phyllo Doughnot 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. Spinach + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together778 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  2. Spinach + basiltop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together427 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Spinach + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,336 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Spinach + feta cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together374 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, onion, mushroom, ricotta cheese, egg, feta cheese, butter):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, onion, mushroom, ricotta cheese, egg, feta cheese, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.