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Sweet Potato Butternut Squash Pie

"This pie has a custard-like filling. I love the unique taste. I usually don't measure anything, so I say play with the spices until it tastes right!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Sweet Potato Butternut Squash Pie

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Butternut Squash Pie

1 pie
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

411Calories
19 gProtein
14 gFat
54 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Marshmallownot 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.

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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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Sweet potato + butternut squashtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Nutmeg + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,331 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Butternut squash + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together116 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the butternut squash

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, egg, condensed milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice):

  1. Butternut squashthe original
  2. Limefits about as well
  3. Coconutfits less well
  4. Vanillafits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, egg, condensed milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.