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Apple Cider Sweet Potatoes

"Sweet and sour mashed potatoes."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Sweet potato and cider work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 19 recipes mention both. Both carry damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Put the sweet potato cubes in a large pot and pour in the apple cider with a splash of water if the liquid looks low.

  2. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce to a gentle simmer and cover. Cook about 15 minutes, stirring once, until the potatoes are fork-tender.

  3. Uncover and cook 3 to 5 minutes more so most of the liquid evaporates and the potatoes begin to glaze.

  4. Remove from the heat. Add the butter, salt, and black pepper, then mash with a potato masher until mostly smooth.

  5. Taste, adjust seasoning, and serve warm.

By allrecipes. 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 + cidertop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Apple + cidertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,042 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Apple + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together8,692 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-undecalactone (peach, sweet).

  4. Sweet potato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Cider + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together639 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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