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Potato Souffle

A baked potato soufflé made with potatoes, milk, butter, eggs, cream of tartar, and baking soda.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Johnson, Vt. Congregational church. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Potato Souffle

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Take the potatoes from the oven and cut them lengthwise with a sharp knife.

  2. Scoop out the potato flesh with a spoon and place it in a hot bowl.

  3. Mash lightly and finely.

Fill and brown

  1. Add the seasoning, butter, and milk, and then half the whites of the eggs.

  2. Fill the skins with the mixture, cover with the remaining egg white, and brown in the oven. Great care must be taken not to burn the skins.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1051Calories
32 gProtein
32 gFat
159 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 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 Johnson, Vt. Congregational church. [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.

  1. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  2. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

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

  5. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Provide the starchy base that becomes light and fluffy when mashed.
Eggs
Whites are whipped and folded in to lighten the mixture and help it puff and set.
Butter
Adds richness and flavour to the mashed potato filling.
Milk
Adds moisture and makes the mashed potato filling smooth and soft.

The step that matters

Browning the skins. The filling needs to brown on top while the potato skins stay intact and do not scorch. High heat or long exposure can burn the skins before the top colours, so watch the oven closely.

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, milk, butter, egg, sugar, flour, pepper):

  1. Potatothe original
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Leekfits about as well
  4. Asparagusfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, milk, butter, egg, sugar, flour, pepper. 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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