Name: Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients: 3 1/2 lb. Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and quartered; 1 1/2 cups half-and-half; 1/4 cup prepared horseradish; Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg; 6 Tbs. (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into pieces; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Why it works: Potato and horseradish work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 171 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Horseradish Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients

3 1/2 lb. Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and quartered
1 1/2 cups half-and-half
1/4 cup prepared horseradish
Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
6 Tbs. (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into pieces
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

281Calories

5 gProtein

13 gFat

40 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Horseradish	not in our table	0

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

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

Potato + horseradishtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together171 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Nutmeg + peppertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together13,015 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Horseradish + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together389 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Potato + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,052 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 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

Swap the horseradish

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, nutmeg, butter, pepper):

Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits better
Chivefits better
Horseradishthe original

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

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