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Peanut Butter Pie with Chocolate Ganache

What I love most about this peanut butter pie with chocolate ganache is of course, the peanut butter taste. But I also love that it tastes so light. The rich chocolate ganache sets when it’s cooled in the refrigerator and provides a thin layer of chocolate goodness. It’s a perfect pie to bring to a potluck or to just keep in the fridge to enjoy on hot summer days.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Peanut Butter Pie with Chocolate Ganache

Why it works: Butter and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Peanut Butter Pie with Chocolate Ganache

Serves 6

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

462Calories
10 gProtein
41 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pienot 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 tastykitchen. 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 + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  2. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

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

  4. Cream cheese + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Peanut + cream cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together163 recipes

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

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

Swap the peanut

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

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Pecansfits better
  3. Walnutfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

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