Name: Quark Potatoes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1-½ pound Baby Yukon Gold Potatoes; 8 ounces, weight Quark Cheese (can Use Sour Cream Or Ricotta Instead); 3 Tablespoons Chopped Chives; 3 Tablespoons Chopped Parsley; 1 Tablespoon Chopped Tarragon; 1 Tablespoon Chopped Dilled; ½ teaspoons Sea Salt; ½ teaspoons Freshly Cracked Black Pepper

Why it works: Parsley and tarragon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,563 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Quark Potatoes

Serves 4

Prep5 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

1-½ pound Baby Yukon Gold Potatoes
8 ounces, weight Quark Cheese (can Use Sour Cream Or Ricotta Instead)
3 Tablespoons Chopped Chives
3 Tablespoons Chopped Parsley
1 Tablespoon Chopped Tarragon
1 Tablespoon Chopped Dilled
½ teaspoons Sea Salt
½ teaspoons Freshly Cracked Black Pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

558Calories

40 gProtein

20 gFat

52 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Ricotta Cheese	1/2 cup (124g) part-skim	174
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Tarragon	1 tsp dried (0.5g)	2
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1
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.

Parsley + tarragontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,563 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Chive + tarragontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together589 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together611 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Chive + parsleytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,150 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, chive, parsley, tarragon, pepper):

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

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