Name: Low-Fat Cream of Tomato Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained; 2 tablespoons chopped onion; 1 1/2 tablespoons white sugar; 2 teaspoons salt; 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 (12 fluid ounce) can fat-free evaporated milk

Why it works: Clove and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 17,451 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Low-Fat Cream of Tomato Soup

4 servings

Prep15 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

2 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
2 tablespoons chopped onion
1 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (12 fluid ounce) can fat-free evaporated milk

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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.

Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together17,923 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together20,633 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Sugar + evaporated milktop 11% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together804 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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 (tomato, sugar, clove, pepper, evaporated milk):

Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Carrotbetter flavor fit
Sweet potatobetter flavor fit
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, sugar, clove, pepper, evaporated milk. 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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