Name: Honey-Mustard Roasted Potatoes
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: ⅓ cups Brown Mustard; 3 Tablespoons Yellow Mustard; 3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar; ¼ cups Pure Honey; ½ sticks Sweet Cream Butter, Melted; 1 teaspoon Onion Salt; 1 teaspoon Black Pepper; 10 whole Red Potatoes, Washed, Quartered; 2 Tablespoons Chopped Fresh Parsley For Garnish

Why it works: Onion and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Honey-Mustard Roasted Potatoes

Serves 6

Prep8 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

⅓ cups Brown Mustard
3 Tablespoons Yellow Mustard
3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
¼ cups Pure Honey
½ sticks Sweet Cream Butter, Melted
1 teaspoon Onion Salt
1 teaspoon Black Pepper
10 whole Red Potatoes, Washed, Quartered
2 Tablespoons Chopped Fresh Parsley For Garnish

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

481Calories

7 gProtein

18 gFat

79 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
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.

Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,259 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Mustard + potatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,340 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,430 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mustard, sugar, honey, cream, butter, pepper, potato):

Capsicumfits better
Horseradishfits better
Chivefits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mustard, sugar, honey, cream, butter, pepper, potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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