Cream of Endive Soup

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together29,058 recipes

   Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

2. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

3. Garlic + potatotop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,517 recipes

   Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

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

5. Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together10,850 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Belgian endive

Provides the soup's bitter, leafy flavour as the main vegetable base.

Potatoes

Break down when simmered and blended, giving the soup a thick, smooth body.

Butter

Softens the onion, garlic, and endive and carries flavour into the soup.

Milk or cream

Adds richness and a smoother, creamier mouthfeel to the blended soup.

Chicken broth

Provides the liquid that cooks the potatoes and endive and gives savoury depth.

The step that matters

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (endive, onion, garlic, butter, potato, chicken, milk):

1. Thymefits better
2. Capersfits better
3. Parsleyfits better
4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against endive, onion, garlic, butter, potato, chicken, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.