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Spinach Pumpkin Swirl Quiche

"A truly unique looking and tasty pie! Requires some effort but is well worth it for that special occasion. If preferred, use one small pumpkin instead of butternut squash."

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Spinach Pumpkin Swirl Quiche

Why it works: Sweet potato and butternut squash share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Spinach Pumpkin Swirl Quiche

1 - 12 inch quiche

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1088Calories
27 gProtein
39 gFat
160 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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. Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Butternut squash + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together119 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Carrot + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together777 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Sweet potato + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together232 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Olive + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,853 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, butternut squash, egg, butter, olive, sugar, cumin):

  1. Kalefits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, butternut squash, egg, butter, olive, sugar, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.