Why it works: Butter and pumpkin are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,933 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓
Crust for Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients
Directions
Butter a pie dish generously.
Sprinkle dry cornmeal in the buttered dish, shaking out excess, leaving only what sticks.
Prepare your pumpkin filling as usual and pour it into the prepared dish.
Bake in the oven until the crust is formed.
Enjoy your delicious pumpkin pie with a nice crust.
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.
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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.
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Butter + pumpkintop 20% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,933 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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