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Endive Chowder

Why it works: Leek and turnip match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,046 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Endive Chowder

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1059Calories
53 gProtein
23 gFat
161 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 17 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Turnip1 medium (122g)34
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Celery Stalks1 stalk (40g)6
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Endivenot 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.

Explore the science

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. Leek + turniptop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,046 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Leek + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Endive + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Endive + turniptop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together65 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Endive + leektop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (endive, butter, bread, leek, shallot, celery, turnip):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Beetrootfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against endive, butter, bread, leek, shallot, celery, turnip. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.