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Captain Jack's Peach Pie

"Rum and butter...mmm. A smooth and softly sweet peach pie with lots of layers of distinctive flavor. An original recipe of mine which is the favorite fruit pie in our house."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Captain Jack's Peach Pie

Why it works: Cinnamon and allspice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,536 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Captain Jack's Peach Pie

1 9-inch pie
Prep30 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

863Calories
23 gProtein
21 gFat
138 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
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
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. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,299 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Cardamom + allspicetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together137 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Cinnamon + peachtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together625 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Cardamom + peachtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together26 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the peach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, flour, cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, butter, rum):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Peachthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, flour, cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, butter, rum. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.