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Barley Soup with Greens, Fennel, Lemon, and Dill

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Barley Soup with Greens, Fennel, Lemon, and Dill

Why it works: Kale and chard share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 72 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Barley Soup with Greens, Fennel, Lemon, and Dill

Makes 6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

519Calories
15 gProtein
24 gFat
66 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Chardnot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Kale + chardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together72 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Chard + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together117 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  3. Dill + fenneltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Kale + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Olive + chardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together320 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (barley, olive, kale, chard, spinach, dill, fennel):

  1. Beetrootfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against barley, olive, kale, chard, spinach, dill, fennel. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.