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1-2-3 Lemon Icebox Pie

"A very easy '1, 2, 3' recipe you can whip together in no time with no baking. My grandma taught me how to make this, it is very enjoyable after a spicy dinner, on a hot day, or for those who love a tart and tangy dessert. You can add whipped cream if you like, or even beat sugar into the whites from the above mentioned eggs to make meringue."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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1-2-3 Lemon Icebox Pie

Why it works: Egg and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 44,316 recipes. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓

1-2-3 Lemon Icebox Pie

1 pie
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

305Calories
16 gProtein
15 gFat
27 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. 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. Egg + lemontop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together44,316 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  2. Condensed milk + lemontop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together211 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Condensed milk + eggtop 38% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together591 recipes

Egg and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 44,316 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 lemon

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

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Bananafits better
  4. Lemonthe original

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