Name: Apple Mac Pie
Ingredients: a square springform pan or any square shaped pan; 2 pie crusts, prebaked; 1/2 cup light brown sugar; 1/5 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 5 medium apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced; half lemon, juiced; ground nutmeg to taste

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Apple Mac Pie

Ingredients

a square springform pan or any square shaped pan
2 pie crusts, prebaked
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/5 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
5 medium apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
half lemon, juiced
ground nutmeg to taste

Directions

Put the dough on a piece of waxed paper for cutting.
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After removing the excess pieces, cover the top with waxed paper and chill it while preparing the rest of the pie.
Preheat oven to 350-400 degrees F
Mix the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a small bowl.
In another bowl, place apples with the lemon juice. Add the sugar mixture to coat the apples evenly.
Place the bottom crust in your pan. The steep square sides of the springform require a little extra dough and care.
Fill with apple mixture
After the apples are in, trim the dough evenly. Fold the edges inwards and press them down until they are level with the apples.
Cover with a lattice work of crust.
Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust.
Bake pie for 40-50 minutes

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

629Calories

14 gProtein

2 gFat

140 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Pie Crust	not in our table	0

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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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.

Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11,917 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Cinnamon + appletop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,598 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Lemon + nutmegtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11,318 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Cinnamon + lemontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together7,950 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Flour + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,623 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the apple

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

Raisinfits better
Vanillafits better
Limefits better
Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, flour, cinnamon, lemon, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.