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Spicy Pumpkin and Shrimp Soup From the Lactaid® Brand

"Turn a can of pumpkin into an exciting soup. Just the right blend of ginger, cilantro, allspice, and garlic gives the pumpkin and shrimp a Caribbean-style flavor."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Spicy Pumpkin and Shrimp Soup From the Lactaid® Brand

Why it works: Clove and allspice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,874 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Spicy Pumpkin and Shrimp Soup From the Lactaid® Brand

4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

614Calories
65 gProtein
26 gFat
31 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
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Pumpkinnot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Clove + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7,874 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Ginger + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,620 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the allspice

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, carrot, ginger, clove, garlic, olive, chicken):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Allspicethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, carrot, ginger, clove, garlic, olive, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.