Why it works: Corn and honey work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 298 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓
Honey Pie Crust
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the flakes
Mix and rub together the sweet corn meal and honey.
Run the mixture through a flaker twice.
Form the crust
Spread the flakes in a slightly oiled pie plate.
Press the flakes evenly and hard with a spoon.
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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Corn + honeytop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together298 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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What each ingredient does
- Sweet corn meal
- Forms the main body of the crust, and its starch sets and holds the shape once pressed.
- Honey
- Adds sweetness and moisture, and helps the flakes stick together and brown lightly.
The step that matters
Press the flakes evenly and firmly. Pressing firmly and evenly packs the particles together so the crust holds its shape when sliced. Thin or loose spots can crumble or break apart after baking.
“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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