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Radish Pie

A savory pie with roasted radishes, onions, goat cheese, and walnuts in a phyllo crust.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Olive and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,779 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Radish Pie

6–8
Oven350°F (175°C)

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the radishes

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).

  2. Wash radishes well.

  3. Remove and discard tops.

  4. Put radishes into a small baking dish and drizzle with olive oil.

  5. Bake for about an hour.

  6. Let them cool.

  7. Cut into small cubes.

Make the pie

  1. Use half the butter to grease a pie pan.

  2. Line pan with pieces of phyllo dough, covering evenly, and tuck stray bits under to make a nice edge.

  3. Heat remaining butter in a large pan.

  4. Sauté onion for about 5 minutes.

  5. Add wine and diced radishes and cook for another minute.

  6. Remove from heat and pour into pastry shell.

  7. In a bowl, mix eggs and cream.

  8. Pour over vegetables in pie crust.

  9. Crumble goat cheese over the cream.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake pie in preheated oven at 350°F (175°C) for 20 minutes.

  2. Add walnuts.

  3. Bake for another 15–20 minutes.

  4. Remove pie from oven.

  5. Top with chopped parsley.

  6. Let cool completely before serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

549Calories
15 gProtein
47 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Phyllo Doughnot 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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Radish + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together323 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetal (cream, earthy).

  3. Radish + olivetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together164 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Butter + winetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,645 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  5. Butter + sherrytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set the cream custard so the filling holds its shape when sliced.
Heavy cream
Adds richness and moisture, forming a smooth custard with the eggs.
Goat cheese
Melts into the custard, adding tang and creaminess.
Phyllo dough
Forms a crisp, flaky crust that browns in the oven.
Radishes
Provide the main vegetable body, turning mild and tender when baked.
Walnuts
Add crunch and a toasted, nutty flavor.

The step that matters

Let the pie cool completely before serving. A custard set with eggs keeps firming as it cools. Cutting it while hot can leave a runny filling that has not yet set.

Swap the radish

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, butter, phyllo dough, onion, sherry, wine, egg):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Radishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, butter, phyllo dough, onion, sherry, wine, egg. 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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