Name: Crawford Polish Bake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 5 small potatoes, scrubbed and cubed with skin; 2 tablespoons butter, softened; 1/2 cup cream; 1 pinch ground nutmeg; salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1 (14.5 ounce) can sauerkraut, drained and rinsed; 1 pound turkey kielbasa sausage, sliced 3/4-inch thick; 2 tablespoons butter, softened

Why it works: Nutmeg and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 13,015 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Crawford Polish Bake

6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

5 small potatoes, scrubbed and cubed with skin
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup cream
1 pinch ground nutmeg
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 (14.5 ounce) can sauerkraut, drained and rinsed
1 pound turkey kielbasa sausage, sliced 3/4-inch thick
2 tablespoons butter, softened

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

739Calories

63 gProtein

36 gFat

40 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauerkraut	not in our table	0

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.

Nutmeg + peppertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together13,015 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Potato + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,052 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cream + nutmegtop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,920 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, cream, nutmeg, pepper, turkey):

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Capsicumfits about as well
Potatothe original
Leekfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, cream, nutmeg, pepper, turkey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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