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Tempting Taters

"This is a simple twist on the age old, yet plain old, mashed potatoes."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Tempting Taters

Why it works: Cream cheese and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,747 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Tempting Taters

10 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

362Calories
6 gProtein
22 gFat
39 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cream cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,456 recipes

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

  3. Potato + cream cheesetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together167 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, butter):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Potatothe original
  3. Onionfits about as well
  4. Cucumberfits less well

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