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Mexican Beef & Potato Pie

A shepherd's pie with a real twist - top a chilli con carne style filling with cheesy mash and tortilla chips

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Mexican Beef & Potato Pie

Why it works: Cumin and potato work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 972 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Mexican Beef & Potato Pie

Serves 4 - 6
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

796Calories
43 gProtein
40 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Tortilla Chip1 medium flour (45g)140
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Seednot in our table0
Red Kidney Beannot in our table0

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

By bbcgoodfood. 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. Cumin + potatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together972 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Beef + potatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,052 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

  4. Cumin + kidney beanstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together349 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

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

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

Swap the kidney beans

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

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Peanutfits better
  4. Kidney beansthe original

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