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Potatoes, Broiled

Broiled potatoes sliced and lightly floured, then grilled until browned.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,355 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Potatoes, Broiled

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut cold potatoes lengthwise into slices half an inch thick.

  2. Lightly dredge flour over the slices.

Cook and serve

  1. Place them on a hot grill over a clear, moderate fire.

  2. Turn the slices to ensure even browning on both sides.

  3. Serve very hot, ensuring the slices do not harden.

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.

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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.

  1. Potato + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,355 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Cold potatoes
Provide the starchy body that cooks through and browns on the grill.
Flour
Lightly coats the slices so they brown more evenly and develop a crisp surface.

The step that matters

Turning the slices on the grill. Turning the slices gives both faces even contact with the heat, so they brown evenly rather than scorching on one side. Keeping the fire moderate lets the interior cook before the outside darkens too much.

“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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