Why it works: Potato and leek work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
Cream of Peas, Raisin Bread Gnocchetti, and Fresh Goat Cheese
Makes 1 servingIngredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 15 of 16 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 15 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Goat Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 103 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Raisin | 1 small box (28g) | 85 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Peas | 1/2 cup (72g) | 62 |
| Pea | 1/2 cup (72g) | 62 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Chervil | 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.
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Potato + leektop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together30 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Raisin + nutmegtop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together5,377 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-terpineol (lilac, floral).
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Leek + nutmegtop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together152 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Peas + leektop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together249 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together27,232 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the raisin
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, potato, peas, chicken, leek, bread, nutmeg):
- Lemonfits better
- Coconutfits better
- Pumpkinfits better
- Raisinthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against butter, potato, peas, chicken, leek, bread, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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