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Potluck Parties: Mag Club Goes Small, IntimateEVENT: Venue:party Size:type: MENU:Curried Sweet Potato QuesadillasImpromptu Bulgur Salad

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Potluck Parties: Mag Club Goes Small, IntimateEVENT: Venue:party Size:type: MENU:Curried Sweet Potato QuesadillasImpromptu Bulgur Salad

Why it works: Sweet potato and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Potluck Parties: Mag Club Goes Small, IntimateEVENT: Venue:party Size:type: MENU:Curried Sweet Potato QuesadillasImpromptu Bulgur Salad

Filling makes 8-12Serves 3Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

555Calories
23 gProtein
14 gFat
88 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot 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 biggirlssmallkitchen. 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. Sweet potato + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Sweet potato + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together177 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Lime + beanstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Sweet potato + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Beans + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together166 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, beans, cheese, wheat):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limethe original
  3. Coconutfits about as well
  4. Figfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, beans, cheese, wheat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.