Skip to main content

Lemon Pie with Raisins

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Ithaca (N.Y.) First Baptist Church. Ladies Union · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 13 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Pepper and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 13,015 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Lemon Pie with Raisins

Ingredients

Directions

  1. THE USEFUL COOK BOOK 85

  2. with iy2 cups of molasses. Stir well, and add a little flour and water. Do not hurry the baking or it will run out. Bake with 2 crusts. This makes 2 pies. Miss Willson.

  3. MINCE MEAT (ASTOE HOUSE.)

  4. Four lbs. lean boiled beef, chopped fine; 8 lbs. chopped green tart apples; 1 lb. chopped suet; 3 lbs. raisins; 2 lbs. currants; half lb. citron chopped fine; 1 lb. brown sugar; 1 quart cooking molasses; 2 quarts sweet cider ; 1 pint boiled cider ; 1 tablespoon each of pepper, salt, mace, allspice ; 4 tablespoons of ciimamon ; 2 grated nutmegs ; 1 tablespoon of c'vves, mix thoroughly and warm through. Mni-'. 11. P. 0'Nj;i. .

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

76Calories
0 gProtein
1 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cidernot in our table0
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 Ithaca (N.Y.) First Baptist Church. Ladies Union. 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. Pepper + nutmegtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Cider + peppertop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,234 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Cider + nutmegtop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together884 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Molasses + cidertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together470 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Molasses + nutmegtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (molasses, cider, pepper):

  1. Clovefits better
  2. Allspicefits better
  3. Cinnamonfits better
  4. Nutmegthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against molasses, cider, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

You might also like

Molasses CookiesMolasses Cookies96 recipesMolasses CakeMolasses Cake90 recipesMolasses Sponge CakeMolasses Sponge Cake9 recipesWhite CakeWhite Cake431 recipes