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Glazed Apples and Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Streusel Topping

"Apples, sweet potatoes, and raisins baked with a ham glaze and a pecan and rolled oats streusel topping bring delicious autumn flavors to the dinner table."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Glazed Apples and Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Streusel Topping

Why it works: Raisin and flour match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,075 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Glazed Apples and Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Streusel Topping

12 servings
Prep20 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1542Calories
54 gProtein
53 gFat
219 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Toppingnot 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. Raisin + flourtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Pecans + oatstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together289 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  3. Sweet potato + pecanstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together136 recipes

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

  4. Sweet potato + flourtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together627 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Sweet potato + raisintop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, raisin, ham, sugar, flour, pecans, oats):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, raisin, ham, sugar, flour, pecans, oats. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.