Name: Baked Sweet Potatoes with Spicy Turkey Sausage and Broccoli Rabe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 4 whole Medium Sweet Potatoes, Halved Lengthwise; 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil, Plus More To Brush On Sweet Potatoes; 227 grams Spicy Italian Turkey Sausage, Casings Removed; 2 pieces Shallots, Thinly Sliced; 1 bunch Broccoli Rabe, Tough Stems Trimmed; 2 cloves Garlic, Thinly Sliced; ½ teaspoons Paprika; ½ teaspoons Salt; ½ cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Why it works: Broccoli and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,072 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Baked Sweet Potatoes with Spicy Turkey Sausage and Broccoli Rabe

Serves 6

Prep5 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

4 whole Medium Sweet Potatoes, Halved Lengthwise
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil, Plus More To Brush On Sweet Potatoes
227 grams Spicy Italian Turkey Sausage, Casings Removed
2 pieces Shallots, Thinly Sliced
1 bunch Broccoli Rabe, Tough Stems Trimmed
2 cloves Garlic, Thinly Sliced
½ teaspoons Paprika
½ teaspoons Salt
½ cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

903Calories

74 gProtein

41 gFat

59 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 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.

Broccoli + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,072 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Sweet potato + shallottop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Sweet potato + broccolitop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together86 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,000 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, olive, turkey, shallot, broccoli, garlic, cheddar cheese):

Thymefits better
Capersfits better
Parsleyfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, olive, turkey, shallot, broccoli, garlic, cheddar cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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