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Mango Walnut Pie

A tart with a buttery pastry crust filled with mango and cream cheese, topped with walnuts and whipped cream.

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Why it works: Vanilla and mango match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 160 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Mango Walnut Pie

Oven400°F for the crust, 375°F for the filling
Timeabout 20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. In a large bowl, sift together flour and sugar.

  2. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal.

  3. Stir in egg.

  4. Knead lightly to evenly distribute the butter.

  5. Shape the dough into a ball, dust with flour, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Bake the crust

  1. Roll out the dough and fit it into a 10-inch tart pan with a removable bottom.

  2. Prick the pastry with a fork, line with foil and fill with weights or beans.

  3. Bake at 400°F for 10–15 minutes.

  4. Let the pastry cool.

Make the filling and bake the pie

  1. Combine all filling ingredients in a food processor and puree.

  2. Pour the filling into the baked pie shell and bake at 375°F for about 20 minutes.

  3. Let the pie cool.

  4. Remove from pan.

  5. Sprinkle with walnuts and serve with whipped cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

971Calories
24 gProtein
37 gFat
136 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12

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. Vanilla + mangotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together160 recipes

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

  2. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  5. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Flour
Provides the structure that holds the crust together as it bakes.
Butter
Creates a tender, flaky texture as it is cut into the flour and melts in the oven.
Eggs
Bind the dough and help the filling set into a smooth, sliceable custard.
Cream cheese
Adds richness and a creamy body that firms as the filling sets.
Mangos
Supply the main fruit flavor and moisture to the filling.
Sugar
Sweetens the crust and filling and helps the crust brown.

The step that matters

Blind baking the pastry shell. Pricking the crust and weighting it with foil and beans keeps it from puffing and shrinking, so the shell stays flat and holds the filling. Cooling it fully before adding the filling prevents a soggy base.

Swap the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, butter, egg, cream cheese, vanilla, walnut, cream):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Mangothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, butter, egg, cream cheese, vanilla, walnut, cream. 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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