Name: Mediterranean Potato Tray Bake Recipe
Ingredients: 800g salad potatoes, thickly sliced; 50g pine nuts, chopped; 1 teaspoon olive oil

Why it works: Pine and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,062 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Mediterranean Potato Tray Bake Recipe

Ingredients

800g salad potatoes, thickly sliced
50g pine nuts, chopped
1 teaspoon olive oil

Directions

Preheat the oven to 200C (180C fan, gas mark 6).
Put the potatoes, chopped vegetables and pine nuts in a large roasting tin. Drizzle with the oil and toss to coat. Bake for 20 minutes, or until tender. Information: You can swap the fresh veg for 400g of frozen Mediterranean vegetables to speed up the prep.
Add the pesto, if using, and bake for another 5 minutes. Serve immediately.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

471Calories

8 gProtein

33 gFat

41 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pine Nut	1 oz (28g)	191
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Salad	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.

Recipe from the NHS (UK).

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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.

Pine + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,062 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,458 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Potato + pinetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together96 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Potato + nutstop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together54 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Pine + nutstop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).