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Spiced and Sour Mushroom Soup

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Spiced and Sour Mushroom Soup

Why it works: Shallot and oyster mushroom share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Spiced and Sour Mushroom Soup

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

403Calories
12 gProtein
2 gFat
97 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Oyster Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Kaffir Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Galangalnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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. Shallot + oyster mushroomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Shallot + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,982 recipes

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

  3. Oyster mushroom + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Oyster mushroom + misotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Shallot + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together258 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, lime, oyster mushroom, mushroom, cherry tomato, miso):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, lime, oyster mushroom, mushroom, cherry tomato, miso. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.