Name: Warm Mustard and Herb Fingerling Potato Salad
Ingredients: 1.5 pounds Idaho Fingerling Potatoes, scrubbed clean; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon paprika; kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste; 2 teaspoons Garlic, Minced; 2 teaspoons Shallots, Minced; 2 Tablespoons Grainy Dijon Mustard; 2 teaspoons Dried Oregano; 2 teaspoons Dried Parsley; ½ teaspoons Freshly Cracked Black Pepper; ½ teaspoons Kosher Salt; ¼ cups Red Wine Vinegar; 1-¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Why it works: Shallot and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. 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.

Shallot + mustardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together859 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Shallot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,737 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Oregano + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,184 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,756 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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 (olive, garlic, pepper, shallot, mustard, oregano, parsley):

Chivefits better
Kalefits better
Eggplantfits better
Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, pepper, shallot, mustard, oregano, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Warm Mustard and Herb Fingerling Potato Salad