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Potato Pudding Argentine

A baked potato pudding with onions, bacon, paprika, garlic powder, cream, and eggs.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Potato Pudding Argentine

Oven180 °C (350 °F, Gas Mark 4)
Timeabout 20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F, Gas Mark 4) and lightly grease a shallow ovenproof dish.

  2. Heat the oil in a frying pan, add the onions and bacon, and fry for 5 minutes, stirring from time to time.

Make the filling

  1. Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, mix together the potatoes, cream, paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper.

  2. Add the onion mixture to the potato mixture together with the beaten eggs and mix well.

Bake and serve

  1. Transfer to the prepared ovenproof dish and bake for about 20 minutes until set and browned. Serve immediately.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

506Calories
16 gProtein
28 gFat
51 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 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.

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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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Olive + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the mixture and set into a firm, sliceable pudding as they cook.
Potatoes
Form the bulk of the pudding, giving a soft, starchy body.
Single cream
Adds moisture and richness, keeping the custard-like texture tender.
Smoked bacon
Adds savoury, smoky flavour and fat that carries through the dish.
Onions
Add sweetness and depth when softened and browned in the fat.

The step that matters

Baking until set and browned. Eggs set through heat, so underbaking leaves the pudding loose and wet, while overbaking can make it dry and rubbery. Watch for a firm centre and golden top.

Swap the onion

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

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Capsicumfits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, potato, cream, garlic, pepper, egg. 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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