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Carrot and Sweet Potato Tzimmes

"This is a favorite from my childhood - my mother would make it for festive meals."

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Carrot and Sweet Potato Tzimmes

Why it works: Sweet potato and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 539 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Carrot and Sweet Potato Tzimmes

12 servings
Prep15 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

974Calories
20 gProtein
15 gFat
194 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Prunenot 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.

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. Sweet potato + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together539 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Orange + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Carrot + orangetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together737 recipes

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

  4. Pineapple + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,664 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Carrot + sweet potatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together302 recipes

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

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

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, carrot, sweet potato, honey, orange, cinnamon):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, carrot, sweet potato, honey, orange, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.