Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Red Potato

Discover the best flavour pairings for red potato based on data analysis of thousands of recipes. Find perfect ingredient matches & delicious recipes.

Starchy aroma and starchy notes are at the forefront of red potato's flavour profile, but identifying its perfect partner requires exploring its subtle nuances. We must examine the complex interplay of notes within its bouquet, like petrichor, asparagus, and hints of porcini. We need to understand how these notes affect each other and which complementary flavors they harmonise with.

To illuminate these harmonies, we embarked on an ambitious journey, analysing thousands of ingredients. Each was meticulously deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, allowing us to pinpoint precisely which notes complement in both classic and unexpected ways. Our exploration reveals, for instance, how the grassy, fatty hexanal in pork belly can enrich red potato, and how pea's pisum notes forge a beautiful synergy with its starchy aroma.

An ingredient's flavour comes from its core characteristics, like earthy, vegetal, and maillard, combined with its unique aroma notes (outer bars). When pairing ingredients, aim to include a broad variety of core characteristics for a balanced dish. And choose aroma notes that complement each other for a harmonious combination.

The Art of Flavour Pairing

To understand exactly which flavours harmonise, we compiled a database of over 50,000 ingredient pairings commonly used in cooking. We then analysed these pairings, identifying the specific flavour notes that frequently appear together.

The Flavours That Harmonise With Potato Notes

Our analysis shows that the flavour of potato is strongly associated with the flavour of pea. This suggests we should look for ingredients with a pea-ish flavour, such as pea, when pairing with the potatoey notes of red potato.

The recipe below provides inspiration for pairing red potato with pea.

Harmonious Flavours Of Red Potato

Just as our analysis revealed that potato and pea-ish flavour accents are often associated, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavour accents present in red potato. For instance, the starchy flavours of red potato are strongly associated with lactic acid and buttery notes.

The notes complementary to the various notes of red potato can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.

Matching Flavour Profiles

The flavour profile of pork belly offers many of the aroma notes complementary to red potato, including porcine and fatty notes. Because the flavour profile of pork belly has many of the of the features that are complementary to red potato, they are likely to pair very well together.

The chart above shows the unique profile of pork belly across 150 dimensions of flavour, while the recipes below offer inspiration for bringing these flavours together with red potato.

Recipes That Pair Red Potato With Pork Belly

Linked Flavour Notes

Looking at the aroma accents that are most strongly associated with the various flavours of red potato, we can identify other ingredients that are likely to pair well.

The left side of the chart above highlights the aroma notes of red potato, along with the complementary aromas associated with each note. While the right side shows some of the ingredients that share many of the aromas complementary to red potato.

What To Drink With Red Potato

The buttery notes in cheese make it a perfect pairing with red potato. Likewise, the buttery flavours in pecorino create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of red potato below.

Which Spices Go With Red Potato?

Choose spices that resonate with its pungency or enrich its starchy aroma. Paprika offers vibrant, clean counterpoints, its verdant freshness lifting the palate. Nutmeg add a gentle, oniony brightness, while cumin introduces a sophisticated, anise-tinged elegance.

Alternatively, embrace spices that harmonise with red potato's starchyness. The addition of cardamom pod, with its subtle mentholic notes, can complement the bean beautifully. Coriander seed bridges earthiness and citrus zest, while star anise lends a warm herbiness.

How Flavonomics Works

We've pioneered a unique, data-driven approach to decode the intricate art of flavour pairing. Our goal is to move beyond intuition and uncover the science of why certain ingredients harmonise beautifully. This rigorous methodology allows us to provide you with insightful and reliable pairing recommendations.

Our analysis begins with over 50,000 carefully selected recipes from acclaimed chefs like Galton Blackiston, Marcello Tully, and Pierre Lambinon. This premium dataset ensures our model distils genuine culinary excellence and creativity.

Each ingredient from these recipes is deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, creating a unique numerical "flavour fingerprint." This quantification allows us to apply advanced analytical methods to identify complex patterns between flavour notes.

We identify popular ingredient combinations that frequently appear in our recipe database. Regression analysis is then performed on these pairings to statistically validate and pinpoint truly harmonious flavours.

These insights drive our predictive model, which allows us to take any ingredient (e.g., Red potato), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.