Name: Roasted Garlic and Cauliflower Soup
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 3 heads Garlic; 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt; 1 teaspoon Black Pepper; 10 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Divided; 2 whole Medium Yellow Onions, Diced; 3 stalks Celery, Diced; 2 whole Carrots, Peeled And Diced; 1 head Large Cauliflower, Leaves And Core Removed Then Chopped; ¾ cups White Wine; 4-½ cups Low Sodium Vegetable Broth; 1 Tablespoon Herbes De Provence; ¼ cups All-purpose Flour; 1 cup Whole Milk; 1 cup Heavy Cream; 1 cup Sharp White Cheddar Cheese, Grated; ½ cups Cream Cheese

Why it works: Celery and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

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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.

Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,555 recipes

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

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, olive, pepper, butter, onion, celery, carrot):

Tomatofits better
Potatofits better
Spinachfits better
Cauliflowerthe original

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Roasted Garlic and Cauliflower Soup