Name: Princess's Apple Pie Recipe
Yield: However big or small the slices you want!!
Ingredients: 2 9" Pie crusts (go thicker for a nice flakey crust); 9 to 10 apples- peel and slice thinly; juice of 1 orange, 1 lime and 1/2 of lemon; sm. amount of fresh ginger (press into paste) or 2 tsp. ground ginger; 2 tsp. dried mint; 1 tsp. ground nutmeg; 1 tsp. cinnamon; 2 tbsp. brown sugar; sprinkling of salt (optional)

Why it works: Nutmeg and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Princess's Apple Pie Recipe

However big or small the slices you want!!

Ingredients

2 9" Pie crusts (go thicker for a nice flakey crust)
9 to 10 apples- peel and slice thinly
juice of 1 orange, 1 lime and 1/2 of lemon
sm. amount of fresh ginger (press into paste) or 2 tsp. ground ginger
2 tsp. dried mint
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 tbsp. brown sugar
sprinkling of salt (optional)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

156Calories

2 gProtein

1 gFat

39 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Mint	2 tbsp fresh (3g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pie Crust	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 chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

Nutmeg + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11,917 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,380 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Lime + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,289 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together846 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,634 recipes

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

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, lime, lemon, ginger, mint, nutmeg, cinnamon):

Cranberryfits better
Mangofits better
Blueberryfits better
Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against orange, lime, lemon, ginger, mint, nutmeg, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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