Name: Dog Mashed Potato Balls
Ingredients: 2 cups mashed potatoes; ½ chopped up parsley; Salt; Pepper; 1 egg yolk; 1 tablespoon non – salted butter; ½ teaspoon paprika

Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Dog Mashed Potato Balls

Oven200 °C

Timeabout 10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

Heat oven to 200 °C and grease baking dish.

Shape the balls

Put the mashed potatoes, parsley, salt and pepper at desired taste in a mixing bowl. Stir until all is mixed well.
Add in egg yolk and mix.
Shape dough into small balls and place these in the baking bowl.

Bake

Put a small amount of butter on the top of each potato ball. Dust lightly with paprika.
Bake for about 10 minutes until lightly browned.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

348Calories

11 gProtein

17 gFat

39 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
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.

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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.

Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,855 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,456 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Parsley + buttertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together28,563 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

What each ingredient does

Mashed potatoes: Form the main body of the balls and give them a soft, moist texture.
Egg yolk: Binds the mixture so the balls hold their shape while baking.
Butter: Adds richness and helps the tops brown in the oven.