Name: "Creamy" Carrot Bisque
Ingredients: 1 onion, chopped; 2 stalks celery, chopped; 5 cups carrots, cut into 1/8" rounds; 4 cups pure water or veggie stock; 1 tsp soy sauce; 1/2 tsp dried bouquet garni; 1/2 tsp dried basil; 1 clove garlic, minced; any other herbs you'd like (for spicy soup, try curry or cumin; for a more savory soup, try parsley, tarragon or dill)

Why it works: Celery and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

"Creamy" Carrot Bisque

Time10–15 minutes

Ingredients

1 onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
5 cups carrots, cut into 1/8" rounds
4 cups pure water or veggie stock
1 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp dried bouquet garni
1/2 tsp dried basil
1 clove garlic, minced
any other herbs you'd like (for spicy soup, try curry or cumin; for a more savory soup, try parsley, tarragon or dill)

Directions

Make the soup

Place all vegetables into a large soup pot with the water or stock.
Bring to a boil.
Add the soy sauce and herbs.
Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 10–15 minutes until the carrots are tender.

Puree and finish

Remove 1 ½ cups of the carrots from the soup and set aside.
Strain the remaining soup, reserving the broth, and puree the vegetables in a blender or food processor.
Recombine the reserved carrots, broth, and puree.
Stir well and bring to a boil.
Add any other seasonings to taste.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

104Calories

4 gProtein

1 gFat

21 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Tarragon	1 tsp dried (0.5g)	2
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Water	not in our table	0
Soup	not in our table	0
Savory	not in our table	0

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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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.

Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Carrot + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together777 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,082 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Clove + cumintop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,306 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

Carrots: Provide the main body, sweetness and thickness of the soup once pureed.
Onion: Builds savory flavor as it softens and sweetens during simmering.
Celery: Adds aromatic, savory background flavor to the broth.
Garlic: Contributes pungent aroma that mellows during simmering.

The step that matters

Simmer until the carrots are tender. Carrots must be fully softened before pureeing, because undercooked pieces stay firm and leave a grainy, uneven texture in the blended soup.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, celery, carrot, sauce, basil, garlic, cumin):

Oreganofits better
Parsleyfits better
Thymefits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, celery, carrot, sauce, basil, garlic, cumin. 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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"Creamy" Carrot Bisque