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Pecan Pumpkin Butter Pie with Cinnamon-Caramel Sauce

You can bake the pumpkin pie a day in advance; let it cool, then cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve. You can also make the caramel sauce ahead; let it cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Just before serving, reheat the sauce in the microwave in 15-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until warm.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Pecan Pumpkin Butter Pie with Cinnamon-Caramel Sauce

Why it works: Vanilla and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,287 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Pecan Pumpkin Butter Pie with Cinnamon-Caramel Sauce

Serves 8.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

467Calories
15 gProtein
32 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 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
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Pienot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Waternot 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.

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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. Vanilla + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

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

  2. Pumpkin + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,744 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

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

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  5. Pumpkin + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together784 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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, cream, vanilla, cinnamon):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Peachfits about as well
  3. Pumpkinthe original
  4. Blueberryfits about as well

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