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Alton Brown's Roast Turkey

By seriouseats · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Alton Brown's Roast Turkey

Why it works: Allspice and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,536 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Alton Brown's Roast Turkey

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

497Calories
33 gProtein
18 gFat
54 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
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.

By seriouseats. 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. Allspice + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Allspice + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,620 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Allspice + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together57 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, sugar, allspice, ginger, apple, cinnamon, rosemary):

  1. Carrotfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Parsnipfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, sugar, allspice, ginger, apple, cinnamon, rosemary. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.