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Tortilla De Patatas

Salting the potatoes for this Tortilla de Patatas ahead of time draws out some of their liquid and guarantees they're well seasoned.

By bonappetit · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Tortilla De Patatas

Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 9,023 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Tortilla De Patatas

6-8 servings

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By bonappetit. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together9,023 recipes

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

  2. Potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Potato + eggtop 29% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,978 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Olive + eggtop 31% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15,340 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, olive, egg):

  1. Chivebetter flavor fit
  2. Asparagusbetter flavor fit
  3. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, olive, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).