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Beans and Franks Pot Pie

A pot pie with baked beans, tofu hot dogs, and a cornmeal biscuit topping.

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Why it works: Beans and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 852 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Beans and Franks Pot Pie

Oven400°F
Timeabout 20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Heat oil in a 4-quart Dutch oven or flameproof casserole over medium heat.

  2. Add onion and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 8 minutes.

  3. Stir in beans, tofu dogs, mustard, salt, and pepper to taste.

  4. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, while preparing topping.

Make the topping

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F.

  2. In a medium bowl, mix flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda.

  3. Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

  4. Make a well in dry ingredients. Add buttermilk all at once.

  5. Stir just until mixture is blended and dough pulls together.

  6. Let dough sit 2 minutes.

  7. Dust dough with flour and transfer to floured work surface.

  8. Knead 4 or 5 times, then pat into circle as large as the top of Dutch oven.

  9. Using a sharp knife, cut dough into 2-inch squares.

Bake and serve

  1. Place dough squares over hot beans.

  2. Bake until topping is lightly golden, about 20 minutes.

  3. Let cool at least 10 minutes before serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1163Calories
34 gProtein
47 gFat
154 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Beannot in our table0
Hot Dognot in our table0
Toppingnot 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. Beans + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together852 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Mustard + biscuittop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Beans + biscuittop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Beans + tofutop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

What each ingredient does

Vegetarian baked beans
Form the bulk of the filling and provide moisture and body under the topping.
Onion
Softens as it cooks, adding sweetness and savory depth to the filling.
Unbleached all-purpose flour
Provides the structure of the biscuit topping.
Cold unsalted butter
Creates flaky, tender layers in the biscuit topping as it melts during baking.
Buttermilk
Moistens the dough and, with baking soda, adds acidity for tenderness and lift.
Baking powder
Releases gas during baking so the topping rises and becomes light.

The step that matters

Stir just until the dough pulls together. Overmixing develops gluten in the flour, making the biscuit topping tough instead of tender. Mix only until the dry ingredients are moistened.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, tofu, mustard, biscuit, flour, sugar, butter):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Arrowrootfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, tofu, mustard, biscuit, flour, sugar, butter. 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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