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Krompirjeva Solata

A salad of boiled, sliced potatoes dressed with sliced onion, apple vinegar, salad oil, salt and pepper.

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Why it works: Potato and onion 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 ↓

Krompirjeva Solata

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the potatoes

  1. Boil potatoes in jackets until cooked.

  2. Drain and let stand until lukewarm.

Assemble and serve

  1. Peel and slice the potatoes thin into a salad bowl.

  2. Add the other ingredients.

  3. Toss gently and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

428Calories
6 gProtein
14 gFat
74 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
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot 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.

Explore the science

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 + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  2. Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

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

  3. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  4. Onion + vinegartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,226 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Potato + appletop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together603 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Form the body of the salad and absorb the dressing as they warm.
Apple vinegar
Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and sharpens the dressing.
Salad oil
Adds fat and smoothness, carrying flavor across the potato slices.
Onion
Adds sharp, pungent flavor and crunch to the salad.

The step that matters

Slice the potatoes while still lukewarm. Warm potatoes are firm enough to slice thinly without breaking, yet they absorb vinegar and oil readily. Fully cold potatoes become crumbly and absorb less dressing, so the salad tastes flatter.

Swap the apple

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

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, onion, vinegar, 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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