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Italian Easter Pie

This meat-and-cheese pie is traditionally served by many Italian Catholics at noon the day before Easter to mark the end of Lent.

By browneyedbaker · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Italian Easter Pie

Why it works: Butter and cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,962 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Italian Easter Pie

10 to 12 servings
Prep1 hr
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1729Calories
90 gProtein
92 gFat
129 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 17 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cold Cutnot 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 browneyedbaker. 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. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

  2. Salami + prosciuttotop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together28 recipes

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

  3. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  5. Butter + oniontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together42,912 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, salami, prosciutto, cheese, ricotta cheese):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, butter, salami, prosciutto, cheese, ricotta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.