Skip to main content

Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Puff Pastry Cheese Straws

By whatsgabycooking · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Shallot and broccoli share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 99 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Puff Pastry Cheese Straws

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1314Calories
74 gProtein
56 gFat
130 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pastrynot 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 whatsgabycooking. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Shallot + broccolitop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

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

  3. Carrot + broccolitop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,442 recipes

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

  4. Shallot + flourtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,081 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

Swap the broccoli

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, pepper, shallot, carrot, flour, chicken, milk):

  1. Leekfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Broccolithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, pepper, shallot, carrot, flour, chicken, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.