Why it works: Kale and yam share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
The recipe
2 wrapsIngredients
Contains: milk, wheat, soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Toss the quartered yams with the olive oil on a baking sheet and roast for about 20 minutes, turning once, until tender and golden.
While the yams roast, put the chopped kale in a covered skillet with a splash of water and the soy sauce. Cook over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes until wilted, then remove from heat.
Warm the tortillas in a dry skillet or in the microwave for about 20 seconds so they are pliable.
Mash the roasted yams roughly in a bowl. Stir in the rinsed and drained black beans, the cooked kale, and about half of the balsamic vinaigrette.
Spread half of the yam filling down the center of each warmed tortilla. Top with the crumbled feta cheese.
Drizzle the remaining vinaigrette over the filling, fold in the sides, and roll up each tortilla. Serve warm, cut in half if desired.
Explore the science
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.
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Kale + yamtop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together4 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Olive + feta cheesetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,438 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
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Olive + wheattop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together937 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
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Beans + olivetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,080 recipes
Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Beans + wheattop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together166 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the beans
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kale, sauce, yam, olive, feta cheese, wheat):
- Chickpeaabout as good a flavor fit
- Lentilsabout as good a flavor fit
- Beansthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against kale, sauce, yam, olive, feta cheese, wheat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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