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Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie

Just right for a cosy winters evening, or a warm summer supper...

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie

Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1054Calories
56 gProtein
23 gFat
155 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Toppingnot in our table0
Leafnot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Beef + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Potato + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the celery

The recipe marks celery as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, potato, egg, flour, beef, mushroom, onion):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, potato, egg, flour, beef, mushroom, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.