Name: Spinach and Sweet Corn Mashed Potatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds new potatoes, scrubbed and quartered; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1/2 cup heavy cream; salt and pepper to taste; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 1/2 cups whole kernel corn; 1 (10 ounce) package fresh spinach, stems removed; 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic

Why it works: Spinach and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,435 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Spinach and Sweet Corn Mashed Potatoes

4 to 6 servings

Prep10 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds new potatoes, scrubbed and quartered
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup heavy cream
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 cups whole kernel corn
1 (10 ounce) package fresh spinach, stems removed
1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

527Calories

9 gProtein

32 gFat

58 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	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.

Spinach + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,435 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Potato + corntop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together938 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
Potato + spinachtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together646 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, butter, cream, pepper, olive, corn, spinach):

Garlicthe original
Parsleyfits about as well
Thymefits about as well
Nutmegfits less well

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

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