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Gulaschsuppe

A hearty beef and pepper soup with paprika and caraway, simmered until tender.

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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 ↓

Gulaschsuppe

Timeabout 1 1/2 hours

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Fry onions in hot fat until transparent.

  2. Add green peppers and tomato paste.

  3. Cover and simmer 10 minutes.

  4. Add lean beef cubes and remaining ingredients.

  5. Simmer about 1 1/2 hours, until meat is tender.

  6. Add cubed potatoes if you like and simmer until potatoes are done.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

473Calories
30 gProtein
28 gFat
27 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Green Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Caraway Seednot 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.

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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.

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Beef cubes
Provide the main protein, which becomes tender during the long simmer.
Onion
Builds sweetness and flavour as it softens in the hot fat.
Tomato paste
Adds concentrated tomato flavour and deep colour to the broth.
Green bell peppers
Contribute a fresh, slightly bitter vegetable flavour and some body.
Beef broth
Forms the liquid base that carries the flavour of the soup.

Swap the caraway

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, pepper, tomato, beef, garlic, clove, lemon):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Carawaythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, pepper, tomato, beef, garlic, clove, lemon. 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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