Name: Dilled Potato Gratin Recipe
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick), plus more for coating the dish; 1 medium yellow onion, small dice; 1 1/2 teaspoons dill seed; 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander; Kosher salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 2 1/4 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes; 2 cups shredded Graddost or Havarti cheese (5 ounces); 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth

Why it works: Dill and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 183 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Dilled Potato Gratin Recipe

6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick), plus more for coating the dish
1 medium yellow onion, small dice
1 1/2 teaspoons dill seed
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 1/4 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes
2 cups shredded Graddost or Havarti cheese (5 ounces)
1 cup low-sodium chicken broth

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

595Calories

44 gProtein

25 gFat

50 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill Seed	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Coriander	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

Dill + coriandertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together183 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Dill + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together423 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Coriander + peppertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,949 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

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

Swap the coriander

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, dill, pepper, potato, cheese, chicken):

Thymefits better
Garlicfits better
Parsleyfits better
Corianderthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, dill, pepper, potato, cheese, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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