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Oregon Mango Pie

A fruit pie with sliced mangoes, sugar, cornstarch, spices, and a custard filling, topped with butter and walnuts.

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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 ↓

Oregon Mango Pie

Oven350
Time1 hour

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the crust

  1. Bake pie shell for half the suggested time.

  2. Allow pie shell to cool completely.

Fill the pie

  1. Preheat oven to 350.

  2. Arrange mango slices in lightly baked pie shell.

  3. Set aside.

  4. In a small bowl combine sugar, cornstarch, salt and spices.

  5. In a medium bowl blend together egg, cream and vanilla.

  6. Gradually add sugar mixture and mix well.

  7. Pour mixture over mangoes.

  8. Dot with butter.

  9. Sprinkle with walnuts.

Bake and serve

  1. Cover pie with aluminum foil.

  2. Bake for 1 hour.

  3. Uncover pie last 10 minutes of baking time.

  4. Serve with ice cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

791Calories
21 gProtein
27 gFat
113 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pienot 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.

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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.

  1. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Vanilla + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Mango + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together160 recipes

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

  4. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  5. Mango + cinnamontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together126 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

Eggs
Egg binds the cream custard so it sets into a sliceable filling rather than runny liquid.
Cornstarch
Thickens the cream mixture as it heats, helping the filling hold its shape when cut.
Heavy whipping cream
Fat and liquid form a rich custard that sets around the mango slices.
Mangoes
Provide the main fruit flavor and moisture for the filling.
Sugar
Sweetens the filling and helps balance the tartness of the fruit.

The step that matters

Partially baking the pie shell. A lightly baked shell helps keep the bottom crisp so it is not soggy under the wet custard and juicy mango filling.

Swap the mango

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, egg, cream, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, 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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