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Sweet Potato and Apple Bake

Indulge in this sweet side dish of sweet potatoes and apples coated with a honey and cinnamon glaze and baked to tender perfection!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Sweet Potato and Apple Bake

Why it works: Sweet potato and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 539 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Sweet Potato and Apple Bake

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

551Calories
5 gProtein
26 gFat
82 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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. Sweet potato + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together539 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Sweet potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together950 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Sweet potato + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together631 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the sweet potato

The recipe marks sweet potato as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple, olive, butter, honey, garlic, cinnamon):

  1. Tomatofits about as well
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Sweet potatothe original
  4. Potatofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against apple, olive, butter, honey, garlic, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.