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Perfect Potatoes Au Gratin

Is there even such a thing as "bad" potatoes au gratin? I really don't think there is. And that makes the title of this recip...

By thepioneerwoman · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Perfect Potatoes Au Gratin

Why it works: Potato and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,517 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Perfect Potatoes Au Gratin

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr

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By thepioneerwoman. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, butter, cream, milk, flour, garlic, pepper):

  1. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  2. Nutmegbetter flavor fit
  3. Thymebetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, butter, cream, milk, flour, garlic, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).