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Caramel Apple Pie III

"An easy caramel apple pie made with caramel candies and ice cream topping, sprinkled with pecans."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Caramel Apple Pie III

Why it works: Lemon and apple are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,551 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Caramel Apple Pie III

1 - 9 inch pie
Prep20 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

809Calories
17 gProtein
27 gFat
128 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
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. Lemon + appletop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,551 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Pecans + appletop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together391 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Flour + lemontop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + creamtop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetaldehyde (pungent, ethereal).

  5. Pecans + lemontop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together399 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, cream, lemon, apple):

  1. Chestnutfits better
  2. Pistachiofits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, cream, lemon, apple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.