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Pot Pie

It doesn’t get much better than pot pie. It just doesn’t. It’s that brothy gravy...that golden, crisp crust...those ten...

By thepioneerwoman · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Pot Pie

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Pot Pie

Serves 12
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

970Calories
54 gProtein
28 gFat
118 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pie Crustnot 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 thepioneerwoman. 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. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Celery + turmerictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,356 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Carrot + turmerictop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together871 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Flour + turmerictop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,637 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the turmeric

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, carrot, celery, chicken, flour, white wine):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. Turmericthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, carrot, celery, chicken, flour, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.