Name: Recipe Flash: Mediterranean Vegetable Hash
Ingredients: ½ lb yellow potatoes, diced ¼ inch thick; 1 shallot, sliced; ½ lb zucchini (2 small-medium), quartered and sliced ¼ inch thick; ½ pint cherry or grape tomatoes, halved; ½ cup peas, defrosted if frozen; 2 tbsp finely chopped mint; 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice (about ½ lemon)

Why it works: Peas and mint are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,137 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Recipe Flash: Mediterranean Vegetable Hash

Ingredients

½ lb yellow potatoes, diced ¼ inch thick
1 shallot, sliced
½ lb zucchini (2 small-medium), quartered and sliced ¼ inch thick
½ pint cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
½ cup peas, defrosted if frozen
2 tbsp finely chopped mint
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice (about ½ lemon)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

431Calories

13 gProtein

2 gFat

100 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Mint	2 tbsp fresh (3g)	2

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

By biggirlssmallkitchen. 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.

Peas + minttop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,137 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Mint + lemontop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,998 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Shallot + peastop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together173 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
Shallot + lemontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,523 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Shallot + cherrytop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together119 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (shallot, cherry, peas, mint, lemon):

Cucumberfits better
Lettucefits better
Asparagusfits better
Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, cherry, peas, mint, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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