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Scotch Egg Pie

This spin on the picnic classic adapts a pork pie recipe and transforms it into a homely bake in crisp pastry

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Scotch Egg Pie

Why it works: Flour and sesame are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,057 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Scotch Egg Pie

Serves 6 - 8
Prep45 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

958Calories
31 gProtein
47 gFat
98 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sausage100g cooked301
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Macenot in our table0
Pastrynot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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.

  1. Flour + sesametop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Thyme + sesametop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Thyme + flourtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,721 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Mace + thymetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,113 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Egg and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the mace

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, thyme, flour, sesame):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Marjoramfits better
  4. Macethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, thyme, flour, sesame. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.