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Pecan Pumpkin Butter Pie with Butterscotch Cream

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Pecan Pumpkin Butter Pie with Butterscotch Cream

Why it works: Evaporated milk and syrup 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 ↓

Pecan Pumpkin Butter Pie with Butterscotch Cream

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

526Calories
18 gProtein
33 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot 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 williamssonoma. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Evaporated milk + syruptop 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. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Evaporated milk + sugartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, butter, evaporated milk, sugar, corn, syrup, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Strawberryfits about as well
  4. Pumpkinthe original

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