Name: Warm Potato Pesto Salad Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 as a side
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds baby yellow or red Idaho potatoes, washed, drained and cut into quarters or eighths depending on the size; 1/4 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, rinsed and halved or quartered; 1/4 cup store bought or; salt & pepper; parmesan cheese for serving

Why it works: Cherry and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,336 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Warm Potato Pesto Salad Recipe

Serves 4 to 6 as a side

Prep15 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds baby yellow or red Idaho potatoes, washed, drained and cut into quarters or eighths depending on the size
1/4 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, rinsed and halved or quartered
1/4 cup store bought or
salt & pepper
parmesan cheese for serving

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

448Calories

18 gProtein

8 gFat

82 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
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 thelittlekitchen. 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.

Cherry + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,336 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + cherrytop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together241 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
Pepper + parmesan cheesetop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,322 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Potato + parmesan cheesetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together572 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

Swap the cherry

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

Lemonfits better
Limefits about as well
Plumfits about as well
Cherrythe original

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

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