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Addictive Salt and Malt Vinegar Fingerling Potatoes

If you like the salt/vinegar combo, you will love these potatoes. You can find them in the produce section, probably by the refrigerated potatoes.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,608 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Halve any larger fingerling potatoes lengthwise so they cook evenly.

  2. Pour the malt vinegar into a medium saucepan and add the potatoes, cut side down if halved.

  3. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce to a steady simmer and cook uncovered for 12 to 15 minutes, until a knife slides easily into the thickest potato.

  4. Drain the potatoes in a colander and let them steam dry for 2 minutes.

  5. Transfer the warm potatoes to a bowl, drizzle with the extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle with the coarse sea salt.

  6. Toss gently until the potatoes are evenly coated, then serve warm.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Potato + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,608 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Potato + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,688 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Vinegar + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Potato + malttop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Malt + vinegartop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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