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Stuffed Potatoes

A baked potato filled with a creamy mixture of mashed potato, butter, cream, cheese, and egg.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and milk 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 ↓

Stuffed Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the potatoes

  1. Bake the potatoes until soft.

  2. Cut a round piece off the top of each potato.

  3. Carefully scoop out the insides, keeping the skins intact.

Make the filling

  1. Mash the insides smoothly.

  2. Mix in the butter and cream while hot.

  3. Season with salt, pepper, and grated cheese.

  4. Work in enough milk to make it soft.

  5. Heat in a saucepan until scalding hot.

  6. Stir in the beaten egg.

  7. Bring to a boil.

Fill and serve

  1. Fill the potato skins with the mixture.

  2. Replace the tops.

  3. Return to the oven for 3 minutes.

  4. Serve hot.

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. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  2. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  3. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

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

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

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Provide the starchy filling base and the skins that hold the mixture.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a smooth, silky texture.
Cream
Adds moisture and richness, keeping the mashed filling smooth.
Egg
Binds the filling as its proteins set with heat.
Grated cheese
Adds savory flavor and salty depth to the filling.

The step that matters

Stir in the beaten egg. Egg proteins set when heated, so adding it to a very hot mixture can scramble it or leave lumps. Stir steadily and keep the heat controlled as it comes to a boil so the filling stays smooth.

“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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