Why it works: Potato and turmeric work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 836 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-heptanol, which smells bitter, floral. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 1Ingredients
Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Halve the cherry tomatoes, toss them with a little of the olive oil and a pinch of the salt, and spread them cut side up on a baking sheet.
Roast the tomatoes for 15 minutes until soft and lightly browned at the edges.
Put the new potatoes in a pan of boiling water and cook for about 12 minutes until just tender. Drain, cool slightly, and cut into halves or quarters if large.
Melt the butter with a splash of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the ground turmeric, add the potatoes, and fry for 6 to 8 minutes, turning, until golden.
Blanch the broad beans in a pan of boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain, cool under cold water, and slip off the outer skins.
Thinly slice the onion. Cook it in a splash of olive oil over low heat with the sugar and a pinch of salt for about 10 minutes until soft and golden.
Finely chop the parsley, basil and chives. Crumble the feta into a bowl.
Combine the beans, onion, roasted tomatoes, turmeric potatoes and herbs in a bowl. Add the remaining olive oil and toss gently.
Scatter the crumbled feta over the salad and serve warm or at room temperature.
Explore the science
The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Potato + turmerictop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together836 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
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Onion + potatotop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together9,019 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Beans + potatotop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together655 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
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Olive + beanstop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,080 recipes
Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Olive + potatotop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,688 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the cherry tomato
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, beans, onion, sugar, potato, turmeric, butter):
- Coconutbetter flavor fit
- Mangobetter flavor fit
- Avocadobetter flavor fit
- Cherry tomatothe original
Fit is the average pairing score against olive, beans, onion, sugar, potato, turmeric, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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