Name: Chopped Apple Pie
Ingredients: one pound of raisins; one cup of butter; two cups of sugar; six eggs; one tumbler of sweet cider

Why it works: Raisin and sugar 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 ↓

Chopped Apple Pie

Ingredients

Directions

MRS. HUDSON. '
Fourteen good-sized greening apples, chopped fine, one pound of raisins, six eggs, one tumbler of sweet cider, one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, salt, nutmeg and cloves.
122 PIES.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

291Calories

7 gProtein

17 gFat

29 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
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.

Raisin + sugartop 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).
Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together98,233 recipes

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

Smell alikelow

Cooked together588 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,012 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).