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Potato Stuffing

A mixture of hot riced potatoes, butter, onion juice, egg yolk, milk, parsley, salt, and pepper, beaten together.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Potato Stuffing

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, combine the hot riced potatoes and butter.

  2. Add the onion juice, egg yolk, milk, and chopped parsley.

  3. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

  4. Mix the ingredients in the order given and beat thoroughly until well combined.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,855 recipes

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

  4. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Onion + parsleytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Riced potatoes
Provides the starchy bulk that gives the stuffing its body and soft texture.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a smooth, tender texture.
Egg yolk
Adds richness and helps bind the mixture together.
Milk
Adds moisture so the mixture stays soft and easy to spoon.
Onion juice
Adds a mild savory onion flavor without visible pieces.

The step that matters

Beating the mixture until well combined. Beating blends the butter and liquids evenly through the potatoes, but overbeating ruptures potato starch cells and can make the stuffing gummy and heavy, so stop once it is smooth.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, butter, egg, pepper, milk, parsley):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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