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Banana Mallow Pie

"Fresh banana slices are topped with a creamy vanilla marshmallow mixture in a graham cracker crust for a sweet dessert treat."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Banana Mallow Pie

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 ↓

Banana Mallow Pie

8 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

330Calories
9 gProtein
8 gFat
57 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 9 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Puddingnot in our table0
Pie Fillingnot in our table0
Marshmallownot in our table0
Toppingnot 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.

By allrecipes. 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. Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

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

  3. Banana + honeytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together395 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Vanilla + honeytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,262 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Milk + honeytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,336 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, vanilla, honey):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Strawberryfits about as well
  3. Peachfits about as well
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, vanilla, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.