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Wasabi-Chive Mashed Potatoes

Potent wasabi paste elevates plain mashed potatoes to something really special—just a couple of teaspoons adds a lot of fire. Oniony fresh chives lend another boost of flavor as well as vibrant green color. Rich cream and silky butter help all the ingredients shine.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Wasabi and chive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 14 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By williamssonoma. 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.

  1. Wasabi + chivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together611 recipes

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

  3. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

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

  4. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Potato + milktop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,611 recipes

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

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