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Springtime Soup with Jersey Royals, Peas, Asparagus and Salsa Verde

Try this healthy soup packed with spring veg and flavoured with a fresh herby salsa. Go with the langoustines and sourdough to take it to another level, or leave them out and keep it simple.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 21 ingredients
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Why it works: Broccoli and radish share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 46 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Springtime Soup with Jersey Royals, Peas, Asparagus and Salsa Verde

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1149Calories
61 gProtein
32 gFat
157 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 18 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sourdough1 slice (36g)93
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Chervilnot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Rapeseed Oilnot 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 bbcfood. 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. Broccoli + radishtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  2. Asparagus + shallottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together137 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Radish + shallottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Broccoli + asparagustop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together123 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Peas + asparagustop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together808 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 peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, butter, onion, broccoli, asparagus, radish, shallot):

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, butter, onion, broccoli, asparagus, radish, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.