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James Martin's Mushroom Soup with Coriander Cress Recipe

"I remember going mushroom picking in the New Forest when I was junior chef. The head chef said it was an inspiring exercise - looking back now, I can see his point!"

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Chervil and coriander work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 34 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

4 people
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, shellfish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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

  1. Chervil + coriandertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Lemon + coriandertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,498 recipes

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

  3. Shallot + cherviltop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together266 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Mushroom + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  5. Mushroom + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together12,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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