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Hot Bloody Mary Soup

A tomato-based soup with chili, horseradish, sherry, vodka, and celery, served hot.

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Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Hot Bloody Mary Soup

Oven400°F (200°C)
Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Roast the vegetables

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).

  2. Arrange tomatoes and chili cut side up in a large roasting pan.

  3. Sprinkle sugar and some salt and pepper over the vegetables.

  4. Drizzle olive oil on top.

  5. Roast for 30 minutes or until browned on top.

Make the soup

  1. Transfer roasted tomatoes to a blender.

  2. Add a little vegetable stock to the blender.

  3. Puree until smooth.

  4. Return the puree to the roasting pan.

  5. Add the remaining vegetable stock and tomato puree to the pan.

  6. Stir over medium-low heat, taking care not to let the mixture boil.

  7. Add horseradish sauce, dry sherry, and vodka.

  8. Add more seasoning if desired.

Serve

  1. To serve, place a celery stalk in a bowl and ladle soup over it.

  2. Sprinkle ground black pepper.

  3. Finish with a slice of lemon on top.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

297Calories
4 gProtein
15 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Celery Stalks1 stalk (40g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Horseradishnot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Vodkanot 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.

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. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Sauce + vodkatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together72 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Tomato + celerytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Horseradish + celerytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together835 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Olive + celerytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,667 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

What each ingredient does

Tomatoes
Provide the main body and flavor of the soup once roasted and pureed.
Olive oil
Carries heat across the vegetables and helps them brown during roasting.
Caster sugar
Sweetness that deepens caramelisation of the tomatoes in the oven.
Vodka
Adds aroma and a sharp alcoholic bite that lifts the flavor.
Horseradish sauce
Adds sharp, pungent heat that gives the soup its bloody mary character.
Vegetable stock
Thins the puree to a soup consistency and adds savory depth.

The step that matters

Keep the soup below a boil when reheating. Gentle heat keeps the puree smooth and stops the alcohol and delicate horseradish flavor from cooking off or turning harsh.

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, sugar, olive, horseradish, sauce, sherry, vodka):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Cinnamonfits about as well
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, sugar, olive, horseradish, sauce, sherry, vodka. 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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