Why it works: Sweet potato and hazelnut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 9 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
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Ingredients
Contains: tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Sweet potato + hazelnuttop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together9 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Apple + cidertop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,042 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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Sweet potato + maple syruptop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together93 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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Apple + maple syruptop 5% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together272 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Apple + hazelnuttop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together76 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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