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Pumpkin Pasties

A baked pastry filled with a sweet pumpkin mixture seasoned with cinnamon, ginger, cloves, cardamom, allspice, and evaporated milk.

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Why it works: Cinnamon and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,189 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Pumpkin Pasties

Oven425°F, then 350°F; pastries at 400°F

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Add eggs and sugar to a mixing bowl and mix until well blended.

  2. Stir in the pumpkin, butter, salt and spices.

  3. Add evaporated milk and mix well.

  4. Bake the filling in a large casserole dish that has been buttered or sprayed with pam.

  5. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes.

  6. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking for 45 minutes or until your fork comes out clean.

  7. Let the filling cool completely.

Assemble and bake

  1. Make or purchase pie crust pastry.

  2. Roll pastry thin and cut into circles about 4 inches in diameter.

  3. Put a spoonful of the pumpkin mixture towards one side of the center of the circle.

  4. Fold over the crust into a half-circle and firmly crimp the edges closed.

  5. Cut with a paring knife three small slits in the top for venting.

  6. Place on a greased cookie sheet.

  7. Bake at 400 degrees only until crust is a light golden brown, around 10 minutes.

  8. Brush each with some butter and dust with cinnamon.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

398Calories
15 gProtein
25 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Pastrynot 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. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Clove + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7,874 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the filling and help it set into a custard-like texture when baked.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps soften the set texture of the filling.
Pumpkin (in the method)
Provides the main bulk, flavour and moisture of the filling.
Evaporated milk
Adds richness and moisture, giving the filling a smooth, creamy body.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and helps the crust brown when brushed on at the end.

The step that matters

Bake the filling in two stages. Starting hot sets the custard quickly, then lowering the heat cooks the centre gently so it does not curdle, dry out or crack. Let it cool completely before filling the pastries, so the crust does not turn soggy.

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, sugar, butter, cinnamon, clove, allspice, evaporated milk):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Cardamomfits about as well
  3. Gingerthe original
  4. Thymefits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sugar, butter, cinnamon, clove, allspice, evaporated milk. 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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