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Kolokythopita Glukia

A Greek pumpkin pie made with grated pumpkin, rice, sugar, olive oil, and feta‑like cheese, baked in filo sheets.

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Why it works: Rice and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,994 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Kolokythopita Glukia

5-6 servings
Oven200 °C

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Grate the pumpkin and place it in a bowl.

  2. Open a small hole in the middle and place the rice.

  3. Let the mixture rest for hours or overnight.

  4. Drain the mixture by squeezing the pumpkin with your hands, preserving the juice in a bowl.

  5. Mix sugar, salt, cinnamon, 1 cup olive oil, and grated cheese with the pumpkin and rice mixture.

  6. Work the mixture with your hands until well combined.

Assemble the pie

  1. Roll out the dough and cut into four filo sheets.

  2. Oil a baking pan and place the first filo sheet, ensuring it extends above the pan.

  3. Oil the sheet and place the second filo sheet on top, also extending above the pan.

  4. Spread the pumpkin mixture over the two sheets, fold over the bottom sheets, and oil them.

  5. Place the third filo sheet on top of the mixture and oil it.

  6. Cover with the fourth filo sheet, oil it, and trim any excess.

  7. Score the top sheet into squares with a knife.

Top and bake

  1. Beat the remaining olive oil with some sugar and 2 cups of the preserved pumpkin juice, then pour over the pie.

  2. Spread it evenly over the surface.

  3. Bake at 200 °C until the pie turns rose‑colored.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

661Calories
22 gProtein
33 gFat
64 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Pumpkin + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,108 recipes

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

  3. Olive + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,802 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Pumpkin + ricetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together338 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  5. Rice + cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together942 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Red pumpkin
Provides the bulk and moisture of the filling, and its natural sweetness.
Rice
Absorbs liquid from the pumpkin during resting, helping the filling set and hold together.
Olive oil
Adds fat that carries flavour and helps the filo sheets crisp and brown.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the top brown as it bakes.
Mitzythra cheese
Adds creamy richness and a mild, ricotta-like tang to the filling.

The step that matters

Draining the pumpkin mixture. Squeezing out the excess liquid keeps the filling from making the filo soggy. The juice is kept for the topping, so it is not wasted.

Swap the pumpkin

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

  1. Figfits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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