Name: Baked Potato Skins with Gorgonzola, Rocket & Mustard Fruit
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 12 small floury potatoes; 2 big handfuls fresh wild rocket, washed and dried; 150 g Gorgonzola cheese, roughly chopped; extra virgin olive oil; freshly ground black pepper; pieces mustard fruit in syrup, roughly chopped, to serve, optional

Why it works: Potato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,458 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Baked Potato Skins with Gorgonzola, Rocket & Mustard Fruit

Serves 24

Ingredients

12 small floury potatoes
2 big handfuls fresh wild rocket, washed and dried
150 g Gorgonzola cheese, roughly chopped
extra virgin olive oil
freshly ground black pepper
pieces mustard fruit in syrup, roughly chopped, to serve, optional

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

402Calories

12 gProtein

23 gFat

39 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Fruit	not in our table	0
Syrup	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 jamieoliver. 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.

Potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,458 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Potato + mustardtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,340 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Olive + mustardtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,950 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Pepper + mustardtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,430 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,305 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the mustard

The recipe marks mustard as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, cheese, olive, pepper, syrup):

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Spinachfits about as well
Mustardthe original

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

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