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Cherry-Chocolate Macaroon Pie

"This coconutty, chocolatey, cherry pie is sure to garner raves!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Cherry-Chocolate Macaroon Pie

Why it works: Condensed milk and evaporated milk match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 168 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Cherry-Chocolate Macaroon Pie

1 9 inch pie

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

674Calories
14 gProtein
44 gFat
61 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Pie Crustnot in our table0
Leafnot in our table0
Pie Fillingnot 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. Condensed milk + evaporated milktop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together168 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Coconut + cherrytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  3. Chocolate + coconuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,107 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Chocolate + cherrytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together576 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  5. Chocolate + condensed milktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, coconut, condensed milk, evaporated milk):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Bananafits about as well
  3. Cherrythe original
  4. Pineapplefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against chocolate, coconut, condensed milk, evaporated milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.