Name: Creamy Roasted Tomato & Cauliflower Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 pint Cherry Or Grape Tomatoes; 1 head Cauliflower, Washed, Cored, Trimmed And Cut Into Bite Sized Florets; 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil, Divided; 1 whole Shallot, Finely Chopped; 2 cloves Garlic, Minced; 6 cups Low Sodium Chicken Or Vegetable Broth; 3 sprigs Thyme Plus More For Garnish If Desired; 3 whole Bay Leaves; ½ teaspoons Salt; ¼ teaspoons Black Pepper; ¼ cups Shaved Parmesan Cheese, Optional

Why it works: Shallot and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,476 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. 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.

Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,476 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,108 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,948 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Garlic + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,608 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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 (cherry, olive, shallot, clove, garlic, chicken, thyme):

Chivefits better
Kalefits better
Tomatofits better
Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cherry, olive, shallot, clove, garlic, chicken, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Creamy Roasted Tomato & Cauliflower Soup