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Rosemary Roasted Potatoes with Bacon

Perfectly crisp potatoes roasted with bacon and rosemary.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Rosemary Roasted Potatoes with Bacon

Why it works: Potato and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,517 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Rosemary Roasted Potatoes with Bacon

Serves 3
Prep5 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

212Calories
8 gProtein
4 gFat
39 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 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.

  1. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Rosemary + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,180 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Rosemary + potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together708 recipes

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

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

Swap the rosemary

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

  1. Cuminfits about as well
  2. Parsleyfits about as well
  3. Rosemarythe original
  4. Thymefits about as well

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