Celeriac and Parsnip Soup

Name: Celeriac and Parsnip Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 500 grams FOR THE SOUP:; 250 grams Celeriac, Skinned And Chopped; 2 whole Parsnip, Peeled And Chopped; ½ whole Potatoes, Peeled And Chopped; 14.8 milliliters Lemon Juice; 1 whole Olive Oil; 1 whole Leek, Chopped; 100 milliliters Shallot,chopped; 600 milliliters White Wine; 75 milliliters Stock (Chicken Or Vegetable); 30 grams Cream (optional); 100 milliliters FOR THE BASIL OIL:; 2 cloves Basil Leaves; ½ whole Olive Oil

A warming, comforting and all-around healthy winter soup.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients

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Why it works: Leek and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 64 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Celeriac and Parsnip Soup

Serves 6

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

767Calories

39 gProtein

37 gFat

68 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parsnip	1/2 cup (78g)	55
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Soup	not in our table	0
Celeriac	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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.

Leek + shallottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together64 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Parsnip + leektop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together165 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Parsnip + shallottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together63 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lemon + shallottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,523 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Potato + leektop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30 recipes

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

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