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Rocket Soup with Parmesan

A simple soup of potato, rocket, and Parmesan in vegetable stock.

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Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Rocket Soup with Parmesan

Time20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the soup

  1. Heat the olive oil in a large pan.

  2. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.

  3. Add the potato and stir until coated in oil.

  4. Add the rocket, reserving a few leaves for garnish.

  5. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes.

  6. Heat the stock and add to the rocket mixture.

  7. Season with salt and pepper, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

Serve

  1. Ladle into soup bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan and dried chilies if desired.

  2. Garnish with rocket leaves to serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

444Calories
16 gProtein
21 gFat
50 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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.

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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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Garlic + potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Olive + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Potato
Breaks down during simmering to thicken the soup and give it body.
Rocket
Provides the soup's peppery, green flavour as it cooks down.
Vegetable stock
Forms the liquid base that the potato softens in during simmering.
Parmesan cheese
Adds salty, savoury depth and richness on top of the finished soup.
Olive oil
Carries the garlic's aroma and coats the potato so it cooks evenly.

The step that matters

Simmering the potato. Simmering covered for the full 20 minutes lets the potato soften completely so it thickens the soup. Undercooked potato leaves the soup grainy and thin.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, potato, pepper, parmesan cheese):

  1. Basilfits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, potato, pepper, parmesan cheese. 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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