Name: Potato Farci
Ingredients: a spoonful of stock gravy to each potato; one end; 2 level tbs; 51 potatoes au gratin; salt; pepper; parsley

Why it works: Pepper and parsley 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 ↓

Potato Farci

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

Select potatoes of even size, pare them, and cut off a piece from one end.
Hollow out the centre with a small knife or a pointed apple corer.
Fill with chopped cooked or raw beef, mutton or chicken, well seasoned, or use sausage meat.

Bake and serve

Set the potatoes in a pan in a hot oven and bake until done.
When served, add a spoonful of stock gravy to each potato.
Garnish with sprigs of parsley.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

168Calories

5 gProtein

0 gFat

39 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
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.

By Ramblers' club, Minneapolis. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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.

Pepper + parsleytop 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).

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes: Form the edible shell that holds the filling and softens to a tender, fluffy texture when baked.
Beef, mutton or chicken (in the method): Provides the savoury meat filling that is seasoned and cooked inside the potato.
Sausage meat (in the method): Can replace the meat filling, adding rich fat and savoury flavour to the potato.
Stock gravy: Adds moisture and savoury flavour to the filling when the potatoes are served.