Name: Mini No-Flip Tortillas Espanola, Wow! Recipe
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: One bag of small Dutch potatoes (1.5 pounds), thinly sliced with peel left on; One medium onion, quartered first and then thinly sliced; 6 large eggs, beaten with a dollop of cream; About 8 large basil leaves, sliced, you know, the chiffonade thing; About 3 T of sun-dried tomatoes; 3/4 cup of Olive Oil; Kosher salt and pepper to taste

Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Mini No-Flip Tortillas Espanola, Wow! Recipe

12 servings

Ingredients

One bag of small Dutch potatoes (1.5 pounds), thinly sliced with peel left on
One medium onion, quartered first and then thinly sliced
6 large eggs, beaten with a dollop of cream
About 8 large basil leaves, sliced, you know, the chiffonade thing
About 3 T of sun-dried tomatoes
3/4 cup of Olive Oil
Kosher salt and pepper to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

482Calories

14 gProtein

25 gFat

54 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Salt	1 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.

Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Basil + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,979 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Basil + olivetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,063 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Basil + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,294 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

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

Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits better
Eggplantfits better
Onionthe original

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

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