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Gee Estate Irish Potato Pancakes

A pancake made from mashed potatoes, flour, eggs, milk, corn syrup, salt, baking powder, and nutmeg, cooked on a greased griddle.

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Why it works: Potato and corn match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 938 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Gee Estate Irish Potato Pancakes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients together and beat well.

  2. Bake on a greased griddle until brown on both sides.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

932Calories
35 gProtein
17 gFat
163 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
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Syrupnot 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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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 + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together938 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Potato + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,052 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Flour + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,623 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Potato + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  5. Milk + corntop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,955 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

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

What each ingredient does

Flour
Forms the batter's main structure, setting as the pancakes cook.
Eggs
Bind the batter and add structure and richness to the pancakes.
Baking powder
Releases gas in the batter, helping the pancakes rise and turn light.
Mashed potatoes
Add moisture and tenderness to the batter.
Milk
Hydrates the flour and loosens the batter to a pourable consistency.

The step that matters

Bake on a greased griddle until brown on both sides. The griddle must be greased and hot enough to brown the surface evenly. Browning comes from the Maillard reaction, which adds flavour and colour. Cooking long enough on each side sets the centre so the pancake does not stay doughy.

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, egg, milk, corn, syrup, nutmeg):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Arrowrootfits better
  3. Capsicumfits about as well
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, milk, corn, syrup, nutmeg. 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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