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Gbanbebby and Baisin Pie

A fruit pie made with raisins, cranberries, lemon, sugar, butter, and crusts.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Ladies' Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church (Fall River, Mass .). Ladies' Benevolent Society, Mass.) First Congregational Church (Fall River · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 12 ingredients
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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 ↓

Gbanbebby and Baisin Pie

twelve small tarts

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Cut cranberries in half, chop raisins, and combine with one cup sugar, one half cup water, and a small piece of melted butter. Bake with two crusts.

  2. Add the juice and grated rind of one lemon, one egg slightly beaten, one cup sugar, and one tablespoon melted butter. Simmer until the consistency of thick jelly.

Make and fill the tarts

  1. Bake the crust in small tins, keeping the blisters down. After the crust is baked, fill the tarts and set in the oven for five minutes to make twelve small tarts.

  2. Peel and chop one lemon and one cup seeded raisins. Add one cup sugar. Cut ordinary pie crust into circles four inches in diameter, fill with the mixture, and fold over like a turnover.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

303Calories
8 gProtein
17 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Waternot 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 Ladies' Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church (Fall River, Mass .). Ladies' Benevolent Society, Mass.) First Congregational Church (Fall River. 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. Raisin + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Raisin + lemontop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,742 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Lemon + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,227 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Raisins
Add sweetness and a chewy body as they soften in the filling.
Cranberries
Add tartness that balances the sugar and gives the filling its bright flavour.
Sugar
Sweetens the filling and helps it thicken as it simmers.
Egg
Binds and thickens the filling as it cooks.
Lemon
Adds acidity and aroma from the juice and rind.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a tender texture.

The step that matters

Simmering the filling to a thick jelly consistency. Sugar and fruit thicken as they cook and set further as they cool. Too little cooking leaves the filling runny and it will soak the crust, while overheating can scorch the sugar or curdle the beaten egg.

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, lemon, egg, butter):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Orangefits better
  3. Raspberryfits about as well
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, lemon, egg, butter. 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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