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Garnet Yams with Maple Syrup, Walnuts, and Brandied Raisins

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Maple syrup and walnut work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 309 recipes mention both. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 12 servings

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Maple syrup + walnuttop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together309 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Raisin + brandytop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Maple syrup + sugartop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,252 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Brandy + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,127 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Raisin + sugartop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together12,480 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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