Name: Roasted Carrot, Parsnip, and Potato Coins
Yield: Makes 8 servings
Ingredients: Nonstick vegetable oil spray; 4 medium carrots (about 1 1/4 pounds), scrubbed, ends trimmed; 4 medium parsnips (about 1 1/4 pounds), scrubbed, ends trimmed; 1 pound fingerling potatoes or baby Dutch yellow potatoes, scrubbed; 1/2 cup olive oil; 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt; 2 teaspoons ground coriander; 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom; 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Why it works: Carrot and parsnip match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,096 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

Nonstick vegetable oil spray
4 medium carrots (about 1 1/4 pounds), scrubbed, ends trimmed
4 medium parsnips (about 1 1/4 pounds), scrubbed, ends trimmed
1 pound fingerling potatoes or baby Dutch yellow potatoes, scrubbed
1/2 cup olive oil
2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions

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By epicurious. 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.

Carrot + parsniptop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,096 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Coriander + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together872 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Carrot + cardamomtop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together155 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Carrot + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together3,105 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Carrot + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together14,555 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cardamom

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, parsnip, potato, olive, coriander, pepper):

Parsleybetter flavor fit
Thymebetter flavor fit
Cuminbetter flavor fit
Cardamomthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, parsnip, potato, olive, coriander, 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).

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