Skip to main content
Main

Tomato, Orange and Celery Soup

A savory soup made with tomatoes, orange juice, celery, potato, carrot, onion, garlic, and vegetable stock, garnished with blanched orange rind.

From the Recipes Wiki (Fandom) · 17 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

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 ↓

Tomato, Orange and Celery Soup

Time25 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the soup

  1. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan.

  2. Add the onion, potato, garlic, celery, and carrot. Cook, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are softened.

  3. Add the tomatoes and cook for 2–3 minutes more, stirring constantly.

  4. Add the tomato puree, orange juice, vegetable stock, and basil. Bring to a boil.

  5. Reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 25 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.

  6. Pass the soup through a sieve to extract skins and pips.

  7. Check the seasoning before reheating gently.

Garnish and serve

  1. To blanch the orange rind, cover thin strips of peel with boiling water. Leave for 2 minutes and then drain through a sieve.

  2. Serve garnished with blanched orange rind.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

450Calories
9 gProtein
14 gFat
77 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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. Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Garlic + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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, acidity and sweet flavour of the soup.
Potato
Thickens the soup as it cooks and softens, giving a smoother body.
Carrot
Adds natural sweetness and body to the soup base.
Onion
Builds the aromatic base of the soup as it softens in oil.
Vegetable stock
Supplies the liquid that cooks the vegetables and forms the soup.
Orange juice
Adds brightness and acidity that complements the tomatoes.

The step that matters

Pass the soup through a sieve. Straining removes tomato skins and pips, which would otherwise leave a coarse, grainy texture. Cooked vegetables must be fully tender first so they press through smoothly.

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, garlic, celery, carrot, tomato, basil, pepper):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, garlic, celery, carrot, tomato, basil, 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.

You might also like

Tomato SoupTomato Soup526 recipesPotato CroquettesPotato Croquettes255 recipesCarrot SoupCarrot Soup134 recipesCream of Celery SoupCream of Celery Soup113 recipes