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Marie Paidar

A pie made with raisins, sugar, sour cream, vinegar, cinnamon, cloves, salt, and eggs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Paidar, Marie, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Clove and cinnamon 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 ↓

Marie Paidar

two pies

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Beat eggs and sugar.

  2. Add sour cream, vinegar, raisins, cinnamon, cloves, and a pinch of salt.

  3. Add egg whites last.

Bake

  1. Line pie tins with crust.

  2. Fill two pies.

  3. Bake in a moderate oven until done.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

305Calories
24 gProtein
7 gFat
39 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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.

By Paidar, Marie, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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. Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Raisin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Tea + cinnamontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together245 recipes

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

  4. Raisin + clovetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,070 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  5. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Sour cream
Adds richness and moisture, giving the filling a smooth, tender body.
Eggs
Help set the filling and give it structure as it bakes.
Sugar
Sweetens the filling and helps balance the sharpness of the vinegar.
Raisins
Add chewy texture and concentrated sweetness throughout the filling.
Vinegar
Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and balances the sweetness.

The step that matters

Add egg whites last.. Egg whites hold air when beaten, so folding them in gently at the end keeps the filling light. Overmixing deflates them and can leave the pie dense or uneven.

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, cream, clove, egg, vinegar, tea, cinnamon):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits about as well
  3. Peachfits about as well
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, cream, clove, egg, vinegar, tea, cinnamon. 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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