Why it works: Potato and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,512 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 4Ingredients
Contains: milk, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Cut the salted pre-cooked potatoes into bite-sized pieces, leaving the skins on, and place them in a large serving bowl.
In a small bowl, mash the roasted garlic cloves with a fork until smooth, then stir in the Greek yogurt, lemon juice, anchovy paste and black pepper.
Add the finely chopped capers to the yogurt dressing and mix until evenly combined.
Pour the dressing over the potatoes and gently toss until every piece is coated, taking care not to break them up.
Sprinkle the paprika over the top, then chill the salad for at least 30 minutes before serving so the flavors blend.
Explore the science
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.
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Potato + garlictop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together4,512 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Pepper + lemontop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,039 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Pepper + clovetop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together13,144 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
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Yogurt + potatotop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together983 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).
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Anchovy + caperstop 4% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together471 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the clove
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, pepper, lemon, anchovy, capers, potato, garlic):
- Parsleybetter flavor fit
- Dillbetter flavor fit
- Thymebetter flavor fit
- Clovethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, pepper, lemon, anchovy, capers, potato, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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