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Chilled Potato and Leek Soup

Vichyssoise, the classic chilled soup of potatoes, leeks, cream and sometimes butter, is rich and delicious—and high in fat. This low-fat version delivers the buttery flavor of the original by using yellow-fleshed potatoes and just a small amount of butter. Homemade stock will enrich the flavor and keep the sodium content modest. To avoid visible flecks of pepper, season the soup with white pepper rather than black.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Chilled Potato and Leek Soup

Why it works: Leek and chive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Chilled Potato and Leek Soup

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

479Calories
37 gProtein
16 gFat
49 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 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.

  1. Leek + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

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

  2. Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together611 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Leek + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,326 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (leek, onion, chicken, potato, butter, chive):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against leek, onion, chicken, potato, butter, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.