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New England Meat Pie

A savory meat pie with sausage, ground beef, onions, spices, green chilies, potatoes, and gravy, baked in pie crusts.

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Why it works: Onion and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

New England Meat Pie

Oven375°F
Timeabout one hour

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

  2. Saute breakfast sausage, ground beef, onion, celery seed, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper together.

  3. Stir in green chilies.

Assemble and bake

  1. Pour into pie crust and top with the second pie crust.

  2. Bake about one hour until brown and bubbly.

Finish and serve

  1. Serve warm.

  2. Cool this mixture, then fold in the cubed boiled potatoes and gravy.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

709Calories
59 gProtein
30 gFat
50 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Celery Seed1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pie Crustnot 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. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  2. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Celery + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

  5. Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Ground beef
Provides the main meaty body and browns for savory flavor in the filling.
Breakfast sausage
Adds fat and seasoned flavor that carries through the filling.
Boiled potatoes
Add starchy body and bulk, making the filling hearty and thick.
Gravy
Adds moisture and savory depth that binds the filling together.
Onion
Softens and sweetens when sauteed, adding aroma to the meat.

The step that matters

Bake until brown and bubbly. Bubbling shows the filling is heated through, and browning shows the top crust has set and colored. Pulling it early can leave the center under-heated and the crust pale and soft.

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, onion, pepper, potato):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits about as well
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, onion, pepper, potato. 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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