Name: Southern Spiced Apple Pies with Crème Fraîche
Ingredients: 2 packages piecrust mix; 16 Tbs. (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into 3/4-inch pieces; 4 to 6 Tbs. ice water; 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, each 9 1/2 inches square, thawed but chilled; 2 2/3 cups Southern spice apple pie filling; 1 egg, lightly beaten with 1 tsp. water; Crème fraîche for serving

Why it works: Butter and apple are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,706 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Southern Spiced Apple Pies with Crème Fraîche

Ingredients

2 packages piecrust mix
16 Tbs. (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
4 to 6 Tbs. ice water
2 sheets frozen puff pastry, each 9 1/2 inches square, thawed but chilled
2 2/3 cups Southern spice apple pie filling
1 egg, lightly beaten with 1 tsp. water
Crème fraîche for serving

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

275Calories

7 gProtein

17 gFat

26 gCarbs

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

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Water	not in our table	0
Pastry	not in our table	0
Pie Filling	not in our table	0

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.

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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.

Butter + appletop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,706 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Apple + eggtop 30% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together7,461 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, egg):

Lemonfits better
Vanillafits better
Coconutfits better
Applethe original

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

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