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Chocolate Cranberry Nut Pie

A pie with a graham cracker crust filled with cranberries, chocolate, nuts, and a creamy rice mixture.

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Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Chocolate Cranberry Nut Pie

Oven350°F
Time45 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the crust and fruit layer

  1. Melt 5 tablespoons butter.

  2. Stir in crumbs and 1/3 cup sugar.

  3. Press mixture onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

  4. Spread cranberries over crust.

  5. Sprinkle with brown sugar and nuts.

Make the rice custard

  1. Combine rice, milk, salt, remaining butter and sugar in medium saucepan.

  2. Bring to a boil.

  3. Cook over medium heat 20 minutes, or until thick and creamy, stirring frequently.

  4. Blend chocolate syrup, eggs, and vanilla.

  5. Add mixture to rice mixture.

Bake and serve

  1. Pour over prepared crust.

  2. Sprinkle with coconut.

  3. Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

  4. Serve warm or chilled, topped with whipped cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1347Calories
27 gProtein
88 gFat
113 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Syrupnot 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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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. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Rice + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 recipes

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

  4. Pecans + chocolatetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Butter + pecanstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,416 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the chocolate rice custard and help it set into a sliceable filling as it bakes.
Cooked rice
Forms the bulk of the creamy filling, giving it body and a soft, pudding-like texture.
Milk
Cooks with the rice into a thick, creamy base and adds moisture to the filling.
Graham cracker crumbs
Mixed with melted butter to form the crust that holds the pie together.
Fresh or frozen cranberries
Add tart acidity that balances the sweetness of the chocolate and sugar.
Chocolate syrup
Adds chocolate flavor and sweetness to the custard.

The step that matters

Cook the rice mixture until thick and creamy. The rice must thicken fully on the stovetop before the eggs are added. Undercooked starch stays thin, and the pie may not set well after baking. Stirring often prevents scorching on the bottom of the pan.

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, rice, milk, chocolate, syrup, egg):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Peanutfits about as well
  3. Pecansthe original
  4. Hazelnutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, rice, milk, chocolate, syrup, egg. 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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