Name: Rustic Twice-Baked Potato Casserole
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2-½ pounds Russet Potatoes, Scrubbed, Unpeeled (I Use A Mixture Of Russet And Red Skinned Potatoes); 6 Tablespoons Low Fat Plain Greek Yogurt; 2 Tablespoons Low Fat Milk; ¼ cups Shredded Romano Cheese; 4 ounces, weight Colby-Jack Cheese, Shredded, Divided; ¼ teaspoons Dry Mustard; ½ teaspoons Garlic Powder; ½ teaspoons Onion Powder; ¾ teaspoons Kosher Salt; ½ teaspoons Worcestershire Black Pepper Blend (McCormick's Brand) Or Just Use Freshly Ground Black Pepper; ¾ cups Thinly Sliced Green Onions, White And Green Parts, Divided

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

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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.

Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Romano cheese + cheesetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together38 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Mustard + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,053 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, yogurt, milk, romano cheese, cheese, garlic, onion):

Tomatofits better
Chivefits better
Broccolifits better
Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, yogurt, milk, romano cheese, cheese, garlic, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Romano Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Rustic Twice-Baked Potato Casserole