Name: Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 5 pounds Russet Or Yukon Gold Potatoes, Peeled And Rinsed; 3 heads To 5 Heads Roasted Garlic; 1-1/2 stick Regular Salted Butter (3/4 Cup); 8 ounces, weight Softened Cream Cheese; 1/2 cup Or So Half-and-half (Or Heavy Cream, If You're Feeling Naughty); Salt To Taste; Black Pepper To Taste

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 ↓

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Serves 8

Prep1 hr

Cook15 min

Ingredients

5 pounds Russet Or Yukon Gold Potatoes, Peeled And Rinsed
3 heads To 5 Heads Roasted Garlic
1-1/2 stick Regular Salted Butter (3/4 Cup)
8 ounces, weight Softened Cream Cheese
1/2 cup Or So Half-and-half (Or Heavy Cream, If You're Feeling Naughty)
Salt To Taste
Black Pepper To Taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

423Calories

7 gProtein

27 gFat

42 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
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.

By thepioneerwoman. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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).
Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
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 garlic

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

Nutmegfits about as well
Parsleyfits about as well
Dillfits about as well
Garlicthe original

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

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