Why it works: Potato and mint work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 363 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓
New Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Scrape or rub the skins off the new potatoes and place them in cold water.
Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water with a sprig of mint until tender.
Drain the water and cover the potatoes with a folded cloth.
Let the potatoes stand in a warm place to dry.
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 pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Potato + minttop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together363 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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