Name: Mashed Boniato with Onions Recipe
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds boniato (tropical sweet potato); 1 1/2 pounds red-skinned potatoes; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced red onions; 1/4 cup sherry vinegar; 2 cups heavy cream; 1/4 cup roasted garlic (see note)

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Mashed Boniato with Onions Recipe

8 servings

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds boniato (tropical sweet potato)
1 1/2 pounds red-skinned potatoes
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups thinly sliced red onions
1/4 cup sherry vinegar
2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup roasted garlic (see note)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

413Calories

6 gProtein

19 gFat

51 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
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 chow. 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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Sweet potato + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together631 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the sweet potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, pepper, onion, sherry, vinegar, cream, garlic):

Chivefits better
Broccolifits better
Capsicumfits better
Sweet potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, pepper, onion, sherry, vinegar, cream, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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