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Smashed Sweet Potatoes

"Sweet potatoes with orange and bourbon. I use 1/2 cup sugar but if you prefer candied sweet potatoes, use the whole cup. Orange juice can be substituted for the bourbon if you are serving to small children."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Smashed Sweet Potatoes

Why it works: Sweet potato and pumpkin work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 172 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Smashed Sweet Potatoes

8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

374Calories
6 gProtein
12 gFat
65 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
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Pienot in our table0
Marshmallownot 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.

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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. Sweet potato + pumpkintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Sweet potato + orangetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together191 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Orange + pumpkintop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together266 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Sweet potato + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,151 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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 (sweet potato, sugar, butter, pumpkin):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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