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Basil Pesto and Bacon Mashed Sweet Potatoes

"Different take on a mashed sweet potato recipe. Kid and husband approved! You can use a prepared pesto spread instead of making one from scratch with the basil, almond, lemon juice, and olive oil. Also, convert this to a 'paleo' recipe by cutting the milk and butter. Pick out the round, plump sweet potatoes."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Basil Pesto and Bacon Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Why it works: Basil and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,823 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Basil Pesto and Bacon Mashed Sweet Potatoes

8 servings
Prep30 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

765Calories
48 gProtein
41 gFat
55 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Roasted Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Basil + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,823 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Basil + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

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

  4. Basil + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Sweet potato + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together62 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, chicken, butter, basil, olive, lemon, pepper):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits about as well
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, chicken, butter, basil, olive, lemon, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.