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Maple Bourbon Sweet Potato Casserole with Sweet and Spicy Bacon Pecans

Warm roasted sweet potatoes sweetened with maple syrup and spiked with bourbon. Then topped with sweet and spicy pecans and smokey bacon. Amazing.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Maple Bourbon Sweet Potato Casserole with Sweet and Spicy Bacon Pecans

Why it works: Vanilla and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,287 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Maple Bourbon Sweet Potato Casserole with Sweet and Spicy Bacon Pecans

Serves 6
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1127Calories
35 gProtein
32 gFat
174 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
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.

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. Vanilla + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

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

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Vanilla + milktop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Sweet potato + vanillatop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together189 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, milk, butter, egg):

  1. Arrowrootfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Parsnipfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, milk, butter, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.