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Raised Chicken and Ham Pie

This pie is perfect for a Boxing Day feast: replace the meat with cooked turkey and ham to use up Christmas leftovers.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Thyme and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,973 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Raised Chicken and Ham Pie

Serves 8-10
Prep1 hr
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1103Calories
79 gProtein
40 gFat
102 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Lard1 tbsp (12.8g)115
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

By bbcfood. 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. Thyme + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,417 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  3. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Thyme + walnuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together326 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, pork, thyme, lemon, chicken, pepper, flour):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Beansfits about as well
  4. Walnutthe original

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