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A Piece of the Tropics Pie

"This pie is a tropical version of a pecan pie that I came up with. Everyone that tries it loves it! With the fruits and macadamia nuts it reminds me of something that would be served on a tropical island, and the addition of the maraschino cherries makes it even great to look at. DELICIOUS and I promise you won't be disappointed !!!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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A Piece of the Tropics Pie

Why it works: Coconut and macadamia nut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 84 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

A Piece of the Tropics Pie

1 - 9 inch pie
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1251Calories
28 gProtein
49 gFat
180 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Syrupnot in our table0
Macadamianot in our table0
Pie Crustnot 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.

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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. Coconut + macadamia nuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together84 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  2. Pineapple + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Corn + coconuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together306 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Flour + macadamia nuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together124 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, corn, syrup, flour, coconut, macadamia nut, egg):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, corn, syrup, flour, coconut, macadamia nut, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.