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Bob Andy Pie

"This an extremely old recipe for a simple but wonderful pie. Basically it is a spiced custard pie, but the beautiful thing is that it is made with ingredients that are usually always in your kitchen."

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Bob Andy Pie

Why it works: Cinnamon and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 14,189 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Bob Andy Pie

1 - 9 inch pie

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,187 recipes

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

  4. Clove + vanillatop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,049 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  5. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, flour, cinnamon, egg, milk, butter, vanilla):

  1. Nutmegbetter flavor fit
  2. Cardamombetter flavor fit
  3. Clovethe original
  4. Allspiceabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, flour, cinnamon, egg, milk, butter, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).