Name: New Potatoes with Radishes & Cured Ham
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 600g baby new potatoes (look for Jersey Royals or Pembrokeshire); 1 bay leaf; 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 1-2 tsp sherry vinegar; 2 bunches breakfast radishes (or 150g bag radishes), trimmed; 6 wafer-thin slices of the best cured ham you can find (San Daniele or Iberico are good)

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 ↓

New Potatoes with Radishes & Cured Ham

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

600g baby new potatoes (look for Jersey Royals or Pembrokeshire)
1 bay leaf
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1-2 tsp sherry vinegar
2 bunches breakfast radishes (or 150g bag radishes), trimmed
6 wafer-thin slices of the best cured ham you can find (San Daniele or Iberico are good)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

455Calories

25 gProtein

19 gFat

40 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Cured Ham	100g cooked	145
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2

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

By bbcgoodfood. 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).
Vinegar + radishtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together508 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,297 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Potato + radishtop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together37 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-methyl-1-butanol (fusel, malty).
Sherry + vinegartop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together660 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

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

Swap the radish

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

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Mustardfits better
Radishthe original

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

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