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Mushroom Soup with Buckwheat

A savory soup of mushrooms, buckwheat, onions, garlic, and seasonings.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Mushroom Soup with Buckwheat

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Chop the onion and garlic, slice the mushrooms, and wash the buckwheat.

Make the soup

  1. Heat the oil and lightly sauté the onion.

  2. Add the mushrooms and the garlic and continue to sauté.

  3. Add the salt, vegetable seasoning, buckwheat, and the bay leaf, and cover with water.

  4. Simmer gently.

Finish

  1. Just before it is completely cooked, add pepper, sour cream mixed with flour, the chopped parsley, and vinegar to taste.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

414Calories
21 gProtein
28 gFat
22 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Buckwheatnot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

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

  3. Mushroom + buckwheattop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27 recipes

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

  4. Mushroom + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Clove + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

What each ingredient does

Mushrooms
Provide the main earthy flavour and body of the soup.
Buckwheat
Thickens the soup and adds a nutty, grainy texture as it cooks.
Onions
Build a sweet, savoury base when sautéed in oil.
Sour cream
Adds richness and a tangy creaminess to the finished soup.

The step that matters

Adding the sour cream. Sour cream mixed with flour and added near the end, off the boil, helps it blend smoothly and resist curdling. Adding it to a rolling boil can cause it to separate.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, buckwheat, onion, garlic, cream, vinegar, parsley):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Marjoramfits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, buckwheat, onion, garlic, cream, vinegar, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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