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Apple Pie - Naturally Ella

In terms of fall, apple picking ranks as a “must-do” activity. The weather is usually just right and it’s a great way to spend a weekend morning with a bit of coffee. M and I ventured up to Apple Hill in the Sierra foothills this weekend to find out what all the talk as about. [...]

By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Apple Pie - Naturally Ella

Why it works: Flour and sorghum share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 99 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Apple Pie - Naturally Ella

8-10

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

753Calories
14 gProtein
14 gFat
142 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 16 ingredients. The other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Pastrynot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Sorghumnot in our table0
Syrupnot in our table0
Beannot 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 naturallyella. 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. Flour + sorghumtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Wheat + sorghumtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Wheat + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,373 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Maple syrup + appletop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together272 recipes

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

  5. Lemon + sorghumtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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 (wheat, flour, butter, maple syrup, apple, sorghum, syrup):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Raisinfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, butter, maple syrup, apple, sorghum, syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.