Name: “Bowl-licious” Cream of Potato Soup
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 6 whole Large Russet Potatoes; 2-½ cups Whole Milk; 1-½ cup Light Cream; 1-¼ Tablespoon Sweet Cream Butter; ¼ Tablespoons Iodized Salt; ¼ teaspoons Black Pepper; ½ teaspoons Fresh Parsley, Or Dried Parsley Flakes, For Garnish; 2 cups Seasoned Croutons, For Garnish

Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

“Bowl-licious” Cream of Potato Soup

Serves 6

Prep8 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

6 whole Large Russet Potatoes
2-½ cups Whole Milk
1-½ cup Light Cream
1-¼ Tablespoon Sweet Cream Butter
¼ Tablespoons Iodized Salt
¼ teaspoons Black Pepper
½ teaspoons Fresh Parsley, Or Dried Parsley Flakes, For Garnish
2 cups Seasoned Croutons, For Garnish

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

470Calories

13 gProtein

25 gFat

51 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
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.

Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,855 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 recipes

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

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

Swap the parsley

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

Nutmegfits about as well
Parsleythe original
Thymefits about as well
Celeryfits about as well

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

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