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Beef and Mushroom Soup

A creamy and flavorful beef and mushroom soup for all the cold winter days/nights!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Beef and Mushroom Soup

Why it works: Cumin and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 177 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Beef and Mushroom Soup

Serves 4
Prep9 min
Cook22 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

975Calories
44 gProtein
37 gFat
112 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Canola1 tbsp (14g)124
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Cumin + nutmegtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together177 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Mushroom + beeftop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Onion + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Pepper + cumintop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, beef, pepper, cumin, nutmeg, flour, sauce):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, beef, pepper, cumin, nutmeg, flour, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.