Name: Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes with Bacon-Sesame Brittle
Yield: Makes 8 servings
Ingredients: 4 slices bacon, cut into 1/2"-wide pieces; 1/3 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon sesame seeds; 6 medium sweet potatoes (6-8 ounces each); 2 large eggs; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature; 2 tablespoons white miso (fermented soybean paste); 1 2/3" piece ginger, peeled, finely grated (about 2 teaspoons); 2 1" pieces scallion (dark-green parts only), thinly sliced lengthwise

Why it works: Sesame and miso work together. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 121 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes with Bacon-Sesame Brittle

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

4 slices bacon, cut into 1/2"-wide pieces
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
6 medium sweet potatoes (6-8 ounces each)
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
2 tablespoons white miso (fermented soybean paste)
1 2/3" piece ginger, peeled, finely grated (about 2 teaspoons)
2 1" pieces scallion (dark-green parts only), thinly sliced lengthwise

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

589Calories

16 gProtein

35 gFat

55 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Miso	1 tbsp (18g)	34
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Soybean	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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.

Sesame + misotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together121 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Sesame + soybeantop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together44 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Sesame + gingertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,531 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Sesame + sweet potatotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together47 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Sweet potato + gingertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together306 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, sesame, sweet potato, egg, butter, miso, ginger):

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Soybeanthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, sesame, sweet potato, egg, butter, miso, ginger. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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