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Basic Tomato Soup

A tomato soup made with tomatoes, onions, garlic, oil, salt, pepper, parsley, crème, and sugar.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic 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 ↓

Basic Tomato Soup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Sauté onions and garlic in oil.

  2. Add tomatoes and simmer until mushy.

  3. Add tomato paste and simmer.

  4. Add sugar to taste and other spices.

  5. At the very end, add parsley and crème.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

410Calories
10 gProtein
28 gFat
35 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)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.

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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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

  3. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + peanuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together877 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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 as they break down.
Onions
Add sweetness and savoury depth when softened in oil.
Garlic
Adds aroma and savoury depth when gently sautéed in oil.
Crème légère
Adds richness and a smooth, creamy texture at the end.

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, onion, garlic, pepper, parsley, sugar):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Black-eyed peafits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, onion, garlic, pepper, parsley, sugar. 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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