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Sweet Potato Biscuits with Blackberry Jelly

These slightly tender layered biscuits are taken to another level when slathered with the sweet and tangy blackberry jelly.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Sweet Potato Biscuits with Blackberry Jelly

Why it works: Nutmeg and sweet potato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 414 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Biscuits with Blackberry Jelly

Serves 6
Prep15 min
Cook13 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1156Calories
31 gProtein
30 gFat
194 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Blackberry1 cup (144g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Salt1 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.

By tastykitchen. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Nutmeg + sweet potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together414 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Biscuit + sweet potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Biscuit + nutmegtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together368 recipes

    Shared aroma: maltol (caramel, sweet).

  4. Flour + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,623 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,721 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the nutmeg

The recipe marks nutmeg as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (biscuit, flour, sugar, butter, sweet potato, buttermilk, blackberry):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegthe original
  3. Allspicefits less well
  4. Capersfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against biscuit, flour, sugar, butter, sweet potato, buttermilk, blackberry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.