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Sweet Potato Hummus

Easy to make spread for any sandwich

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Sweet potato and maple syrup work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 93 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 1 jar

Ingredients

Contains: sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By bbcgoodfood. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Sweet potato + maple syruptop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,632 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Garlic + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,083 recipes

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

  4. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Olive + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the tahini

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, olive, garlic, cumin, lemon, orange, maple syrup):

  1. Chickpeabetter flavor fit
  2. Beansbetter flavor fit
  3. Cashew nutbetter flavor fit
  4. Tahinithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, olive, garlic, cumin, lemon, orange, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).