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Baked Sweet Potato

A baked sweet potato mixture of mashed sweet potato, butter, onions, eggs, cinnamon, milk, salt, and pepper.

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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 ↓

Baked Sweet Potato

Oven160 degrees Celsius
Time35 to 40 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. After mashing the cooked sweet potato, mix in the butter, onion, milk, cinnamon, salt and pepper.

  2. Separate the egg whites from the yolks and beat them separately.

Mix and bake

  1. Fold the egg yolks into the mashed potato followed by the egg whites.

  2. Place mixture in a greased baking dish.

  3. Brush the top with butter and bake in the oven with the dish placed in a pan of water for 35 to 40 minutes at 160 degrees Celsius.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

546Calories
20 gProtein
25 gFat
63 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  3. Cinnamon + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,890 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Cinnamon + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Sweet potato + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together960 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Sweet potato
Forms the bulk of the dish and provides starch and moisture for a soft, tender texture.
Eggs
Set when baked, giving the mash structure and a light, custard-like body.
Butter
Adds fat and richness, carrying flavour and helping the top brown lightly.
Milk
Adds moisture and softness, loosening the mash so it stays smooth when baked.

The step that matters

Baking in a water bath. Baking the dish in a pan of water keeps the outer edges from overheating. Gentle, even heat lets the egg set smoothly without curdling or drying out.

Swap the onion

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Onionthe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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