Why it works: Sweet potato and walnut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 70 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Sweet Potato Puff
8 servingsIngredients
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
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.
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Sweet potato + walnuttop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together70 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Sweet potato + raisintop 10% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together19 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Raisin + walnuttop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together647 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Raisin + sugartop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together12,481 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Butter + walnuttop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together6,832 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the walnut
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, egg, butter, raisin, sugar):
- Almondfits better
- Chestnutfits better
- Pecansfits better
- Walnutthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, egg, butter, raisin, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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