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Cherry-Plum Pie Pops

Flaky individual pie pops filled with sweet cherries and red plums.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Cherry-Plum Pie Pops

Why it works: Plum and honey work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 116 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Cherry-Plum Pie Pops

Serves 16
Prep20 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

726Calories
22 gProtein
7 gFat
146 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
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 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. Plum + honeytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together116 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Plum + lemontop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together623 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Honey + lemontop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,707 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Lemon + eggtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together44,316 recipes

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

  5. Plum + eggtop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together794 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Lemon and egg 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 plum

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

  1. Orangefits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Plumthe original

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