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Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes Recipe

For perfect mashed potatoes to serve with turkey, meatloaf, or short ribs, a mixture of russets, butter, buttermilk, cream, and salt is the simple answer.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes Recipe

10 to 12 servings
Prep35 min
Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

463Calories
13 gProtein
25 gFat
49 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51

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.

  1. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  2. Cream + buttermilktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together674 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,456 recipes

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

  4. Potato + creamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Butter + buttermilktop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,674 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, butter, buttermilk):

  1. Chivefits about as well
  2. Potatothe original
  3. Onionfits less well
  4. Horseradishfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, butter, buttermilk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.