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Caldo De Zapallo Tierno

A mild soup of pumpkin, rice, and vegetables, finished with egg, cheese, and parsley.

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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 ↓

Caldo De Zapallo Tierno

Ingredients

Directions

Make the soup

  1. In a medium saucepan, sauté the onion and garlic in the olive oil until tender.

  2. Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, add the rice, and cook on low for 10 minutes.

  3. Stir in the grated zucchini, season with salt and pepper, and simmer partially covered for about 15 minutes.

Finish and serve

  1. When the zucchini is tender, beat the egg with the cheese and parsley and whisk into the soup, mixing well.

  2. Let simmer for a few minutes, then ladle into bowls and serve immediately.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

853Calories
53 gProtein
44 gFat
59 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  5. Olive + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Raw rice
Softens in the stock and thickens the soup body as its starch releases.
Zucchinis
Break down during simmering to give the soup its tender, smooth texture and body.
Egg
Beaten into the hot soup, it sets in fine strands that add richness and body.
Parmesan cheese
Adds savory, salty depth and helps the egg enrich the soup.
Onion
Softened in olive oil to build a sweet, savory base for the soup.

The step that matters

Whisking the egg into the soup. If the soup is boiling hard when the egg goes in, the egg can scramble into lumps instead of forming smooth, silky threads. Whisk steadily and keep the soup at a gentle simmer.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, garlic, chicken, rice, pepper, egg):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, garlic, chicken, rice, pepper, egg. 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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