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Fat-free Pumpkin Cream Cheese Pie

A baked pumpkin pie made with a cream cheese filling and a phyllo dough crust.

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Why it works: Cream cheese and pumpkin work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 284 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Oven350°F
Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Prepare the crust

  1. Unroll the phyllo dough and lay it in a pie dish sprayed with Pam, then press it in.

  2. Cut off the excess dough with kitchen scissors.

  3. Brush the crust with skim milk.

Make the filling and bake

  1. Mix everything in a blender and pour into the crust.

  2. Wrap aluminum foil around the edges of the crust.

  3. Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.

Finish and serve

  1. Before serving, brush the edges again and bake for about 15 minutes to brown the crust.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cream cheese + pumpkintop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together284 recipes

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

  2. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Pumpkin + maple syruptop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together256 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Maple syrup + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together752 recipes

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

  5. Cream cheese + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,934 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Egg whites
Set the filling and give it structure as it bakes.
Pumpkin
Provides moisture, bulk and the main flavor base of the filling.
Cream cheese
Adds creamy body and a smooth, rich texture to the filling.
Maple syrup or honey
Adds sweetness and helps the filling taste balanced.
Phyllo dough
Forms the crisp, layered crust that holds the filling.

The step that matters

Wrapping the edges in foil before the first bake. Phyllo edges are thin and brown quickly, so foil shields them while the filling sets, preventing burning before the center is done.

“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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