Name: Baked Shredded Hashbrowns and 4 Cheese Casserole
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese; 1 cup Grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese; 1 cup Grated Monterey Jack Cheese; 1 cup Grated Mozzarella Cheese; 2 cups Breadcrumbs Or Panko; ¼ teaspoons Each: Salt, Pepper, Parsley, Paprika; 1 bag 30 Ounce Bag, Frozen Shredded Hashbrown Potatoes; 1 whole Yellow Onion, Diced Finely; 1 cup Sour Cream

Why it works: Parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,093 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Baked Shredded Hashbrowns and 4 Cheese Casserole

Serves 6

Prep8 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

1 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
1 cup Grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese
1 cup Grated Monterey Jack Cheese
1 cup Grated Mozzarella Cheese
2 cups Breadcrumbs Or Panko
¼ teaspoons Each: Salt, Pepper, Parsley, Paprika
1 bag 30 Ounce Bag, Frozen Shredded Hashbrown Potatoes
1 whole Yellow Onion, Diced Finely
1 cup Sour Cream

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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.

Parmesan cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,093 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Cheddar cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together271 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Parmesan cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together592 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Cheddar cheese + cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together984 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, cheese, mozzarella cheese, pepper, potato, onion):

Garlicbetter flavor fit
Basilbetter flavor fit
Oreganoabout as good a flavor fit
Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, cheese, mozzarella cheese, pepper, potato, onion. 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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