Name: Roasted Squash, Coconut and Chilli Soup Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 1 butternut squash, peeled and chopped into rough chunks; kg thyme sprigs; 3 rapeseed oil; 2 red onions, peeled and roughly chopped; tbsp red chilli flakes; 2 x 400ml tin of coconut milk; 1 vegetable stock, plus a little extra if required; tsp sea salt and ground black pepper; 1 loaf crusty bread, to serve

Why it works: Butternut squash and coconut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 74 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Roasted Squash, Coconut and Chilli Soup Recipe

4 people

Prep20 min

Cook50 min

Ingredients

1 butternut squash, peeled and chopped into rough chunks
kg thyme sprigs
3 rapeseed oil
2 red onions, peeled and roughly chopped
tbsp red chilli flakes
2 x 400ml tin of coconut milk
1 vegetable stock, plus a little extra if required
tsp sea salt and ground black pepper
1 loaf crusty bread, to serve

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

836Calories

18 gProtein

29 gFat

128 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pumpkin	not in our table	0
Rapeseed Oil	not in our table	0

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

By lovefood. 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.

Butternut squash + coconuttop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together74 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,585 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Butternut squash + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together154 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Thyme + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,171 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Butternut squash + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together692 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, thyme, coconut, milk, pepper, bread):

Sweet potatofits better
Shallotfits better
Capsicumfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, thyme, coconut, milk, pepper, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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