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Honey Roasted Beets and Carrots

Sweet and tangy roasted beets and carrots—the only way my 3-year-old will eat beets!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Honey Roasted Beets and Carrots

Why it works: Nutmeg and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Honey Roasted Beets and Carrots

Serves 8
Prep45 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

288Calories
4 gProtein
4 gFat
66 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

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 + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Cinnamon + orangetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Carrot + gingertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Ginger + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,833 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (honey, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, orange):

  1. Sweet potatofits about as well
  2. Carrotthe original
  3. Arrowrootfits less well
  4. Parsnipfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against honey, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.