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Apple Enchiladas I

Apple enchiladas made with apple pie filling, flour tortillas, cinnamon, butter, sugars, and water, baked until golden.

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Why it works: Apple and cinnamon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,598 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Apple Enchiladas I

Oven350 degrees
Time20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Spoon pie filling onto all tortillas and sprinkle with cinnamon.

  3. Roll up tortillas and place seam side down on a lightly greased 8 x 8 baking pan.

Make the sauce

  1. In a medium saucepan, bring butter or margarine, sugars, and water to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly for 3 minutes.

Bake and serve

  1. Pour sauce evenly over tortillas and sprinkle with extra cinnamon on top if desired.

  2. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

847Calories
17 gProtein
16 gFat
159 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Pie Fillingnot in our table0
Waternot 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. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Cinnamon + sugartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together30,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Apple + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,706 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

Cinnamon and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 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

Apple pie filling
Supplies the sweet, soft apple filling that becomes the main body of each enchilada.
Flour tortillas
Hold the filling and form the rolled wrapper that keeps the filling contained while baking.
Butter or margarine
Adds fat to the sauce, giving it richness and a smooth, glossy texture.
Granulated sugar
Sweetens the sauce and helps it thicken and caramelize slightly as it simmers.
Brown sugar
Adds sweetness and a deeper molasses flavor to the sauce.

The step that matters

Simmering the sauce. Simmering for 3 minutes while stirring dissolves the sugars fully and lets the sauce thicken slightly. Stirring prevents the sugars from scorching on the bottom of the pan, which would give a bitter taste.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, cinnamon, butter, sugar):

  1. Raisinfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, cinnamon, butter, sugar. 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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