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Cauliflower Mashed "Potatoes"

We recently went to Ruby Tuesdays for dinner and guess what? They have Cauliflower Mashed "Potatoes"!! It looks like mashed potatoes, its texture is similar to mashed potatoes and the taste is mash...

By steamykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Cauliflower Mashed "Potatoes"

Why it works: Garlic and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,149 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Cauliflower Mashed "Potatoes"

Serves 4
Prep8 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

413Calories
29 gProtein
21 gFat
31 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 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.

By steamykitchen. 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. Garlic + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Cauliflower + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together124 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Cauliflower + chivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, butter, cream, garlic, pepper, chive):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Leekfits better
  4. Cauliflowerthe original

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