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Stacey's Fabulous Purple Potato Gratin

"This colorful, creamy potato casserole can be made more sophisticated by using peeled potatoes and herbed goat cheese."

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Stacey's Fabulous Purple Potato Gratin

Why it works: Goat cheese and parmesan cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 75 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Stacey's Fabulous Purple Potato Gratin

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1065Calories
46 gProtein
29 gFat
156 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43

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. Goat cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

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

  2. Leek + potatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Leek + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together328 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Potato + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  5. Flour + milktop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and milk barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 78,219 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the leek

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

  1. Asparagusfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Leekthe original

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