Name: Yellow Pepper Soup
Yield: Serves 6.
Ingredients: 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 yellow onion, diced; 1 carrot, peeled and minced; 1 celery stalk, diced; 6 cups vegetable stock or canned broth; 8 large yellow bell peppers, halved and seeded; 1 tsp. minced fresh thyme; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 6 to 12 fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

Why it works: Thyme and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Yellow Pepper Soup

Serves 6.

Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil
1 yellow onion, diced
1 carrot, peeled and minced
1 celery stalk, diced
6 cups vegetable stock or canned broth
8 large yellow bell peppers, halved and seeded
1 tsp. minced fresh thyme
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
6 to 12 fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

236Calories

4 gProtein

14 gFat

26 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Yellow Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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

By williamssonoma. 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.

Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,057 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together8,053 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,810 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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 (olive, carrot, celery, pepper, thyme, parsley):

Parsnipfits better
Tomatofits better
Turnipfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, carrot, celery, pepper, thyme, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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