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Cheese & Chive Mash with Bacon

A simple and warming mashed potato dish with added crispy bacon, a complimentary match for pork dishes

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Cheese & Chive Mash with Bacon

Why it works: Potato and chive work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 611 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Cheese & Chive Mash with Bacon

Serves 4 - 6
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

479Calories
23 gProtein
22 gFat
51 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Nutmeg + chivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together300 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Potato + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,052 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Potato + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  5. Milk + nutmegtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,685 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the nutmeg

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

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Dillfits better
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Nutmegthe original

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