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Roasted Garlic and Potato Soup

A soup made with roasted garlic, potatoes, onion, carrot, tofu, and nutritional yeast, blended into a smooth broth.

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Why it works: Garlic and onion 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 ↓

Roasted Garlic and Potato Soup

Oven400°F
Timeapproximately 40 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Roast the garlic

  1. Wrap the four bulbs of garlic in foil.

  2. Roast at 400°F for approximately 40 minutes, or until squishy to the touch.

  3. Unwrap and allow them to cool a bit before slicing off the top 1/4” of the bulbs so that the tips of each clove are exposed.

  4. Squeeze the roasted garlic into a small bowl.

  5. Scrape the roasted garlic off the skins and your fingers with a sharp knife if needed.

Cook the soup

  1. While the garlic is roasting, place the potatoes in a large saucepan or Dutch oven along with the garlic, water, onion, carrot, nutritional yeast, salt, and rosemary.

  2. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer until the potatoes are very soft (about 20 to 30 minutes).

  3. Remove from heat, and strain, reserving the cooking broth.

Blend and finish

  1. Place the roasted garlic and crumbled tofu into a food processor along with the cooked potato mixture and some of the broth, and puree until smooth.

  2. Transfer the pureed mixture back into the pot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

776Calories
28 gProtein
7 gFat
153 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Clove + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together519 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  4. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Garlic + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,180 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Break down when very soft to give the soup its thick, creamy body.
Roasted garlic
Adds a sweet, mellow garlic flavor once its sharp compounds have cooked down.
Tofu
Adds smooth, creamy body when pureed, especially silken tofu.
Nutritional yeast
Contributes a savory, cheesy-tasting depth to the broth.
Carrot
Adds subtle sweetness and body to the cooking broth.

The step that matters

Simmer the potatoes until very soft. Potatoes that are not fully tender will leave the puree grainy or thin, because starch must fully break down to give a smooth, thick texture.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, garlic, onion, carrot, rosemary, tofu, pepper):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, garlic, onion, carrot, rosemary, tofu, pepper. 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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