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Mashed Potato Cakes Recipe

When caught with a surplus of Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes during our holiday recipe testing, we created these satisfying potato cakes. With their crispy exterior...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Mashed Potato Cakes Recipe

Why it works: Garlic and clove are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,368 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Mashed Potato Cakes Recipe

8 cakes
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

813Calories
28 gProtein
29 gFat
107 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Garlic + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Garlic + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Clove + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,671 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Cheddar cheese + garlictop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Egg and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheddar cheese, garlic, egg, flour):

  1. Jalapenofits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheddar cheese, garlic, egg, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.