Autumn Breakfast Squash 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. Carrot + orangetop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together737 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

2. Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together21,601 recipes

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

3. Butternut squash + carrottop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together177 recipes

   Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

4. Butternut squash + oniontop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together692 recipes

   Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

5. Onion + misotop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together182 recipes

   Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

What each ingredient does

Butternut squash

Provides the bulk and smooth, sweet body of the soup.

Carrots

Add sweetness and thickness to the puree.

Onions

Build a mild, sweet savory base when softened in oil.

White miso

Adds salty, savory depth and umami to the soup.

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, carrot, onion, canola oil, miso):

1. Avocadofits better
2. Limefits better
3. Coconutfits better
4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, carrot, onion, canola oil, miso. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.