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Easy Spinach Soup with Rosemary Croutons

Healthy and delicious!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Rosemary and spinach work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 143 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 400°F (204°C). Toss the cubed bread with some of the butter, spread on a baking sheet, and bake 8 to 10 minutes until golden and crisp.

  2. Melt the remaining butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the minced garlic and cook 1 minute, stirring, until fragrant.

  3. Pour in the stock and bring to a simmer, about 5 minutes.

  4. Add the thawed, squeezed-dry spinach and cook 3 minutes until fully wilted.

  5. Blend the soup with an immersion blender until smooth.

  6. Stir in the heavy cream and lemon zest and heat gently for 2 minutes without letting it boil.

  7. Ladle the soup into bowls and top with the rosemary croutons.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Rosemary + spinachtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together143 recipes

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

  2. Rosemary + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together845 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + spinachtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

  4. Garlic + chickentop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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