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Candied Sweet Potatoes

"These sweet potatoes are easy to make and not overly sweet."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Candied Sweet Potatoes

Why it works: Sweet potato and orange work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 191 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Candied Sweet Potatoes

4 -6 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

374Calories
6 gProtein
12 gFat
65 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49

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 + orangetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together191 recipes

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

  2. Sweet potato + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,151 recipes

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

  3. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Sweet potato + buttertop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Sugar + orangetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

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

Sugar and orange barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,212 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

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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