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Sweetcorn and Sweet Potato Chowder with Crispy Tortillas Recipe

Sweet vegetables blitzed into a thick chowder, spiced with paprika and cumin.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Why it works: Leek and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 360 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Sweetcorn and Sweet Potato Chowder with Crispy Tortillas Recipe

4 people
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

780Calories
23 gProtein
42 gFat
86 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sweetcornnot 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 lovefood. 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. Leek + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together360 recipes

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

  2. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Pepper + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  4. Sunflower + sweet potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together44 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. 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 leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, pepper, sweet potato, clove, garlic, thyme, sweetcorn):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, pepper, sweet potato, clove, garlic, thyme, sweetcorn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.