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Red Potatoes with Horseradish & Crème Fraîche

An ideal side for ham, this salad gets added kick from the horseradish and vinegar

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Red Potatoes with Horseradish & Crème Fraîche

Why it works: Horseradish and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 113 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Red Potatoes with Horseradish & Crème Fraîche

Serves 12
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

221Calories
6 gProtein
0 gFat
51 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Horseradishnot in our table0

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.

  1. Horseradish + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together611 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  5. Potato + horseradishtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, white wine, vinegar, onion, horseradish, chive):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Plumfits about as well
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, white wine, vinegar, onion, horseradish, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.