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Philadelphia Summer Potato Salad

"Baby red potato salad with tomatoes, celery, and Parmesan cheese is tossed with a creamy Italian cheese and herb sauce--and there's enough for a crowd!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Philadelphia Summer Potato Salad

Why it works: Cheese and parmesan cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,041 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Philadelphia Summer Potato Salad

11 cups
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

499Calories
24 gProtein
17 gFat
66 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Waternot 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.

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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. Cheese + parmesan cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,041 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Potato + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Celery + parmesan cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together523 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Potato + cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together959 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Potato + parmesan cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together572 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, cheese, celery, parmesan cheese):

  1. Plumfits better
  2. Applefits better
  3. Grapefits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, cheese, celery, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.