Name: Cheesy Red Potato Mash
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 4 Medium Size Red Potatoes; ½ teaspoons Salt, For The Boiling Water; 1-½ teaspoon Butter; ¼ teaspoons Garlic Powder; ¼ teaspoons Ground Black Pepper; ¼ teaspoons Salt (or Salt To Taste); ¼ cups Sour Cream; 1 cup Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese; 2 Green Onions, Chopped

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

Cheesy Red Potato Mash

Serves 2

Prep20 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

4 Medium Size Red Potatoes
½ teaspoons Salt, For The Boiling Water
1-½ teaspoon Butter
¼ teaspoons Garlic Powder
¼ teaspoons Ground Black Pepper
¼ teaspoons Salt (or Salt To Taste)
¼ cups Sour Cream
1 cup Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
2 Green Onions, Chopped

Directions

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together29,058 recipes

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

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together9,023 recipes

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

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Potato + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together932 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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