Name: Tomato and Pimento Soup
Ingredients: 50 g (2 oz) butter; 1 onion, finely chopped; 2 cloves garlic, crashed; 400 g (14 oz) can pimientos, drained, rinsed and chopped; 230 g (8 oz) can chopped tomatoes; 600 ml (1 pint) chicken stock, salt and pepper to taste; 2 tablespoons snipped chives Croutons; 2 slices white bread, crusts removed; 2 tablespoons oil

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 ↓

Tomato and Pimento Soup

Ingredients

50 g (2 oz) butter
1 onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, crashed
400 g (14 oz) can pimientos, drained, rinsed and chopped
230 g (8 oz) can chopped tomatoes
600 ml (1 pint) chicken stock, salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons snipped chives Croutons
2 slices white bread, crusts removed
2 tablespoons oil

Directions

Melt half the butter in a pan. Add the onion and 1 garlic and cook until soft.
Add the pimientos and tomatoes, cover and cook gently for 10 minutes.
Add the wine, cook for 5 minutes, then add the stock and cook for 5 minutes.
Transfer to a food processor or blender and puree until smooth. Return the soup to the pan, season and heat through.
To make the crotons, cut the bread into small cubes. Heat the remaining butter and the oil in a frying pan, then fry the bread cubes until golden. Drain on kitchen paper.
Transfer the soup to individual bowls and garnish with the chives and crotons to serve.
Category:Egyptian Recipes
Category:Egyptian Soups

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

542Calories

37 gProtein

30 gFat

32 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
White Bread	1 slice (30g) white	79
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Chive	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Salt	1 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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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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + chivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,149 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,907 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, garlic, tomato, chicken, pepper, chive):

Thymefits better
Parsleyfits better
Cuminfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, garlic, tomato, chicken, pepper, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.