Name: Mashed Potato Casserole
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 39 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1-½ pound Yukon Gold Potatoes, Peeled And Cut Into 1/2-inch-thick Slices; 1-½ pound Baking Potatoes, Peeled And Cut Into 1/2-inch-thick Slices; 5 cloves Garlic, Thinly Sliced; 1-½ teaspoon Kosher Salt, Divided; 6 ounces, weight 1/3 Less Fat Cream Cheese, Softened; 2 ounces, weight Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese, Grated; ½ cups Panko Breadcrumbs; 2 Tablespoons Thinly Sliced Chives

Why it works: Garlic and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,149 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Mashed Potato Casserole

Serves 8

Prep15 min

Cook39 min

Ingredients

1-½ pound Yukon Gold Potatoes, Peeled And Cut Into 1/2-inch-thick Slices
1-½ pound Baking Potatoes, Peeled And Cut Into 1/2-inch-thick Slices
5 cloves Garlic, Thinly Sliced
1-½ teaspoon Kosher Salt, Divided
6 ounces, weight 1/3 Less Fat Cream Cheese, Softened
2 ounces, weight Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese, Grated
½ cups Panko Breadcrumbs
2 Tablespoons Thinly Sliced Chives

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

833Calories

26 gProtein

21 gFat

135 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	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.

Garlic + chivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,149 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together611 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Cream cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together473 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together450 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, garlic, cream cheese, cheese, chive):

Capersfits better
Dillfits better
Thymefits better
Clovethe original

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

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