Name: Simple Scalloped Potatoes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: ¼ cups Butter; ¼ cups Flour; 3 cups Milk Or Cream; 2 teaspoons Salt; ½ teaspoons Pepper; 6 whole Large Potatoes; ½ cups Each - Diced Cooked Ham, Onion Slices, Or Shredded Cheddar Cheese (all Optional); 1 Tablespoon Melted Butter

Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Simple Scalloped Potatoes

Serves 8

Prep15 min

Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

¼ cups Butter
¼ cups Flour
3 cups Milk Or Cream
2 teaspoons Salt
½ teaspoons Pepper
6 whole Large Potatoes
½ cups Each - Diced Cooked Ham, Onion Slices, Or Shredded Cheddar Cheese (all Optional)
1 Tablespoon Melted Butter

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1323Calories

61 gProtein

50 gFat

156 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Pork	100g cooked	242
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 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 tastykitchen. 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.

Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Pepper + potatotop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Milk + potatotop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,611 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together124,287 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Butter + potatotop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,456 recipes

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

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, milk, pepper, ham):

Potatothe original
Capsicumfits about as well
Asparagusfits about as well
Shallotfits about as well

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

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