Name: Misraine
Ingredients: 4 cooked, diced potatoes; 3 cooked, diced beets; 3 cooked, diced carrots; 1 small, chopped onion; 2 chopped, hard boiled eggs; 1 chopped pickle (or sub 1 tablespoon sweet relish); 1 cup cooked white beans; 1 cup sour cream; Season with sugar, salt and pepper to taste.

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 ↓

Misraine

Ingredients

4 cooked, diced potatoes
3 cooked, diced beets
3 cooked, diced carrots
1 small, chopped onion
2 chopped, hard boiled eggs
1 chopped pickle (or sub 1 tablespoon sweet relish)
1 cup cooked white beans
1 cup sour cream
Season with sugar, salt and pepper to taste.

Directions

Combine the ingredients.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

498Calories

31 gProtein

7 gFat

82 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Beet	1/2 cup (85g)	35
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Relish	not in our table	0
Bean	not in our table	0

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.

Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + carrottop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,107 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Carrot + beanstop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,443 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Potato + beanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together655 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,555 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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes: Provide starchy bulk and a soft, tender body to the salad.
Beets: Add earthy sweetness and a deep red colour that tints the whole salad.
Carrots: Add mild sweetness, crisp-tender texture, and bright colour.
Hard boiled eggs: Add richness and a firm, creamy texture from the cooked yolks and whites.
White beans: Add starch and a soft, creamy texture that fills out the salad.
Sour cream: Adds moisture, creaminess, and tangy acidity that dresses and binds the vegetables.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, carrot, egg, beans, cream, sugar, pepper):

Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits better
Asparagusfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, carrot, egg, beans, cream, sugar, 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.