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Molasses Whipped Sweet Potatoes Recipe

This creamy sweet potato mash was served at the Obama inaugural luncheon.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Sweet potato and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 232 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Molasses Whipped Sweet Potatoes Recipe

2 quarts

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

492Calories
6 gProtein
12 gFat
94 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Salt1 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.

  1. Sweet potato + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together232 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Sweet potato + orangetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together191 recipes

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

  3. Sweet potato + maple syruptop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Sugar + molassestop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,225 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Orange + cumintop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together317 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, butter, orange, sugar, molasses, maple syrup):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Nutmegfits better
  4. Cuminthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, butter, orange, sugar, molasses, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.