Why it works: Potato and pork are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,668 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓
Potato Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Peel and chop the potatoes.
Cook and serve
In a pot, combine the potatoes and waste pork.
Add enough water to cover the ingredients.
Bring to a boil and simmer until the potatoes are tender.
Strain the soup to remove the solids before serving.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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 + porktop 5% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,668 recipes
Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Potatoes
- Provide the bulk of the soup and release starch that gives body to the broth.
- Waste pork
- Adds savoury, meaty flavour and some fat to the broth.
The step that matters
Simmer until the potatoes are tender. A rolling boil breaks potatoes apart and makes the broth cloudy. A gentle simmer cooks them evenly while keeping the soup clear and the pieces intact.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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