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Potato Bread

A sweet potato loaf flavored with orange juice concentrate, marmalade, and orange juice, baked in mini loaf pans.

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Potato Bread

Why it works: Potato and orange work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 537 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Potato Bread

Oven350°F
Time30–35 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the potato

  1. Cook the shredded potato in just enough water to cover it for 10 minutes.

  2. Cool and drain the potato.

Make the batter

  1. Combine the cooled and drained potato with orange juice concentrate, water, marmalade, oil, and egg.

  2. In a large bowl, soften together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

  3. Add the liquid ingredients and stir just until combined.

  4. Spoon batter into three greased mini loaf pans.

Bake and cool

  1. Bake at 350°F for 30–35 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.

  2. Cool in pans for 10 minutes.

  3. Remove from pans and let cool.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

924Calories
25 gProtein
20 gFat
160 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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.

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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. Potato + orangetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together537 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  3. Potato + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,355 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Orange + sugartop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Egg and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Potato
Adds moisture and a tender crumb to the bread.
Flour
Provides the structure that holds the loaves together.
Egg
Binds the batter and adds structure as it sets in the oven.
Baking powder
Releases gas in the batter so the loaves rise and turn light.
Orange marmalade
Adds sweetness, orange flavor, and moisture to the crumb.
Vegetable oil
Adds fat for a moist, tender texture.

The step that matters

Stir the batter just until combined. Overmixing develops gluten in the flour, which can make the loaves tough and dense. Stop once the dry ingredients are moistened.

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, egg, flour, sugar):

  1. Arrowrootfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Beetrootfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against orange, egg, flour, sugar. 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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