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Slow-Cooker Butternut Squash and Apple Soup

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Slow-Cooker Butternut Squash and Apple Soup

Why it works: Coriander and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,505 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Slow-Cooker Butternut Squash and Apple Soup

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

535Calories
33 gProtein
29 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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 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.

  1. Coriander + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,505 recipes

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

  2. Butternut squash + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together166 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Coriander + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,615 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Butternut squash + gingertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together131 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Butternut squash + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together689 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the coriander

The recipe marks coriander as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, butternut squash, apple, chicken, ginger, olive):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Cinnamonfits better
  4. Corianderthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, butternut squash, apple, chicken, ginger, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.