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Red Pepper Soup

"This is a light and creamy pureed soup which will surprise those who didn't realize they were pepper lovers at heart. It's a simple soup consisting of ripe red peppers in a creamy base. Serve with a dollop of sour cream, if desired."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 27,044 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The recipe

4 to 6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

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.

  1. Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat.

  2. Add the chopped onion and cook, stirring, until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.

  3. Stir in the minced garlic and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.

  4. Add the chopped red bell peppers and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes until they begin to soften.

  5. Pour in the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 25 minutes until the peppers are very tender.

  6. Remove the pot from the heat and blend the soup until smooth, using an immersion blender or working in batches in a countertop blender.

  7. Return the soup to low heat and stir in the heavy cream and ground black pepper. Heat gently for 3 to 5 minutes without letting it boil.

  8. Ladle into bowls and serve hot.

By allrecipes. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Pepper + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,044 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Garlic + chickentop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Onion + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,808 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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