Why it works: Butternut squash and chickpea share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 56 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash and Red Pepper Soup Recipe
6 servingsIngredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Chickpea | 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained | 134 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Maple Syrup | 1 tbsp (20ml) | 52 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bell Pepper | 1 medium (119g) | 31 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Pumpkin | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Bean | 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.
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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.
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Butternut squash + chickpeatop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together56 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Cumin + chickpeatop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together473 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Chickpea + beanstop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together229 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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Cumin + beanstop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,188 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Butternut squash + cumintop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together119 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, pepper, carrot, cumin, maple syrup, chickpea, beans):
- Sweet potatofits better
- Spinachfits better
- Kalefits better
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, pepper, carrot, cumin, maple syrup, chickpea, beans. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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