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Roasted Yams with Maple Syrup

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Roasted Yams with Maple Syrup

Why it works: Yam and almond share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Roasted Yams with Maple Syrup

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

216Calories
1 gProtein
12 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Yamnot 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.

By williamssonoma. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Yam + almondtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

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

  3. Yam + peppertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together111 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Maple syrup + yamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  5. Sugar + maple syruptop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,252 recipes

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

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

Swap the yam

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, maple syrup, pepper, almond):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Mustardfits about as well
  4. Yamthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, maple syrup, pepper, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.