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Milk Soup with Buckwheat

A simple milk soup made with buckwheat, sugar, butter, and salt.

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Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Milk Soup with Buckwheat

Time10 to 15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Add the buckwheat to boiling water and boil until nearly done.

  2. Pour in the milk and boil for another 10 to 15 minutes.

  3. Add the sugar and butter to the ready soup.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

300Calories
8 gProtein
20 gFat
25 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Buckwheatnot 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. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  2. Milk + buckwheattop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together328 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).

  3. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Milk + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Buckwheat + buttertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together213 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

Milk and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Milk
Provides the liquid base and creamy body of the soup.
Buckwheat
Its starch thickens the soup as it cooks and gives it a nutty flavour.
Sugar
Adds sweetness that balances the savoury, nutty grain flavour.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a smoother mouthfeel at the end.

The step that matters

Pour in the milk and boil for another 10 to 15 minutes. Milk scorches and can boil over easily, especially on the bottom of the pan. Keep the heat moderate and stir so the proteins do not burn onto the pan and the soup stays smooth.

Swap the buckwheat

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, sugar, butter):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Buckwheatthe original
  4. Gingerfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, sugar, butter. 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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