Why it works: Potato and blue cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 50 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓
The recipe
4 servingsIngredients
Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
Add the sliced potatoes and onion rings to the skillet in a single layer, season with salt and black pepper, and cover.
Cook for about 10 minutes, then flip the potatoes and onions and cook uncovered for another 10 minutes, until golden and tender.
Sprinkle the blue cheese crumbles and crumbled bacon over the potatoes and onions.
Cover the skillet for 2 to 3 minutes until the cheese softens, then serve hot.
Explore the science
The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Potato + blue cheesetop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together50 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
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Potato + oniontop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together9,019 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Butter + blue cheesetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together226 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).
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Potato + peppertop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together8,303 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Butter + potatotop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together6,445 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the onion
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, potato, blue cheese, pepper):
- Capsicumabout as good a flavor fit
- Onionthe original
- Tomatoabout as good a flavor fit
- Chiveabout as good a flavor fit
Fit is the average pairing score against butter, potato, blue cheese, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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