Name: Swedish Baked Potatoes
Ingredients: 8 medium potatoes, peeled; 1 1/2 ounces butter, melted; 3 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; pepper; 1 1/2 ounces parmesan cheese; 2 tablespoons fresh whole

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 ↓

Swedish Baked Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

Cut the poatoes into thin slices 3/4 way through.
Put half of the butterand garlic in an oven and place the potatoes in the dish.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper.
Drizzle with remaining butter and garlic.
Bake in 375f oven .
Baste with the butter in the dish.
After 30 minutes sprinkle with the cheese and bread crumbs.
Finish baking - potatoes shoud be done and golden.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

383Calories

15 gProtein

19 gFat

40 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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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.

Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Butter + parmesan cheesetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,163 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 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 clove

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

Parsleyfits better
Thymefits better
Rosemaryfits better
Clovethe original

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