Name: Summer Mince Pie
Ingredients: half cups of water; half cups of cider; one cup of sugar; one cup of mo- lasses; one cup of raisins; a cup of melted butter; five soda crackers; two eggs

Why it works: Sugar and raisin are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 12,481 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Summer Mince Pie

Ingredients

Directions

MRS. F. J. FISHER, BROOKLYN, L. I.
Five soda crackers, rolled fine, one and a half cups of water, one and a half cups of cider, one cup of sugar, one cup of mo- lasses, a third of a cup of melted butter, one cup of raisins, cinna- mon, nutmeg and cloves, and two eggs, to be put in the last thing.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

746Calories

20 gProtein

18 gFat

124 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Water	not in our table	0
Cider	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.

By Des Moines. Plymouth church. [from old catalog]. 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.

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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.

Sugar + raisintop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,481 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together98,233 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Cider + raisintop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together588 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Cider + buttertop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,012 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).