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Brandy Sweet Potatoes

"This yummy dish is a family requirement at Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Brandy Sweet Potatoes

Why it works: Sweet potato and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 189 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Brandy Sweet Potatoes

9 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

402Calories
11 gProtein
17 gFat
51 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Brandynot 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.

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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 + vanillatop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together189 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Brandy + vanillatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Butter + vanillatop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Butter + brandytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,127 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the sweet potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, butter, egg, brandy, vanilla):

  1. Sweet potatothe original
  2. Arrowrootfits about as well
  3. Shallotfits less well
  4. Capsicumfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, butter, egg, brandy, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.