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Roasted Lemon Potatoes

Roasted lemon potatoes are baked potato wedges tossed in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, water, parsley, salt, and pepper.

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Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Roasted Lemon Potatoes

Oven400 °F
Time1 ½ hours

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 400 °F.

  2. Mix all ingredients, except the potatoes, in a 9"x13" baking dish with a wire whisk until well‑combined.

Bake

  1. Throw in the potatoes and toss until they are well‑coated in the oil mixture.

  2. Place in the hot oven and bake for 1 ½ hours, tossing frequently, until the potatoes are soft and lightly browned.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

303Calories
5 gProtein
14 gFat
44 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Provide the bulk of the dish, turning soft inside and lightly browned at the edges.
Extra virgin olive oil
Carries fat over the potatoes, helping them brown and keeping them from drying out.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavour of the potatoes and the sauce.
Garlic
Adds aroma and savoury flavour that deepens as it cooks in the oil.

The step that matters

Toss the potatoes frequently while baking. Turning the potatoes exposes each side to the hot dish and oil, so they brown evenly instead of steaming in the pooled liquid and softening unevenly.

Swap the clove

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

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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