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3 Cheese Soup

A creamy and delicious soup that will warm you on a chilly day. Chase the chills away!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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3 Cheese Soup

Why it works: Cheddar cheese and gruyere cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 54 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

3 Cheese Soup

Serves 3
Prep5 min
Cook12 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

558Calories
30 gProtein
42 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Gruyere Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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.

  1. Cheddar cheese + gruyere cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Cheddar cheese + cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Nutmeg + parsleytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Gruyere cheese + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheddar cheese, gruyere cheese, pepper, cheese, cream, milk, nutmeg):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Cinnamonfits about as well
  3. Clovefits about as well
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheddar cheese, gruyere cheese, pepper, cheese, cream, milk, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.