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Manhattan Clam Chowder Recipe

I’m fully aware that this recipe for Manhattan Clam Chowder is ridiculous. I should have expected as much since I adapted it from the I Love NY Cookbook, which was the second book by the people behind Eleven Madison Park cookbook. Eleven Madison Park is one of those books that is both beautiful to look at but utterly impractical as a cookbook, a massive tome of 384 pages in which the only recipe that most people attempt is their granola. I Love NY seems much more subdued with recipes that look actually accessible and doable. After all, the initial recipe that I based this off of only has three major components to make, instead of seven or eight that the Eleven Madison Park dishes usually require. Also all the ingredients are fairly easy to find at a grocery store. But this is soup. Three components seems fussy and once you take a look at the ingredient list you’ll realize that it’s a pretty costly endeavor at that. Clam juice bottles, fresh littleneck clams and 1 lb of Chanterelle mushrooms (my little addition) really add up. But darn it if this soup isn’t tasty good. Well, at least it is in my memory it is. I probably won’t be making it again any time soon. I’m not made of money.

By eatthelove · From Open Recipes · 32 ingredients
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Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Manhattan Clam Chowder Recipe

4 ridiculous servings
Prep45 min
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1314Calories
80 gProtein
34 gFat
175 gCarbs

Counts 19 of 21 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 19 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Clam100g cooked148
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Vermouthnot in our table0
Chanterellenot 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 eatthelove. 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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Cherry tomato + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Cherry tomato + shallottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, sugar, clam, chicken, shallot, celery, garlic):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

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