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Boozy Blueberry Cherry Red Wine Pie

The addition of a fruity big red wine to this pie adds a hidden depth and complexity that you wouldn’t otherwise get. Don’t be fooled by the name though, as most of the alcohol has burnt off after the pie had baked. Crust adapted from More Best Recipes (America’s Test Kitchen) by the Editor’s of Cook Illustrated.

By eatthelove · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and red wine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,598 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

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Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By eatthelove. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Butter + red winetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Cinnamon + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Wheat + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together537 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

  5. Sugar + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, sugar, butter, vodka, red wine, cinnamon):

  1. Vanillathe original
  2. Appleabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, sugar, butter, vodka, red wine, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).