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I AM Inviting Banana Cream Pie Recipe

This no-cook banana pie proves that raw food has a sweet side too.What to buy: Coconut butter, agave nectar, and lecithin can be found at health food stores.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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I AM Inviting Banana Cream Pie Recipe

Why it works: Vanilla and banana are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,430 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

I AM Inviting Banana Cream Pie Recipe

1 (9-inch) pie

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

610Calories
5 gProtein
39 gFat
66 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Dates1 date (24g) medjool66
Agave1 tsp (7g)21
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Meatnot 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 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.

  1. Vanilla + bananatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Coconut + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Coconut + turmerictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  4. Coconut + bananatop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together549 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  5. Lemon + turmerictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the vanilla

The recipe marks vanilla as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (dates, coconut, milk, banana, lemon, turmeric, butter):

  1. Vanillathe original
  2. Figfits about as well
  3. Mangofits less well
  4. Pineapplefits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against dates, coconut, milk, banana, lemon, turmeric, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.