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Slovak Bean Soup

A hearty soup of beans, sausage, potatoes, and cream, seasoned with paprika, garlic, and vinegar.

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Why it works: Potato and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,517 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Slovak Bean Soup

Timeabout one half hour

Ingredients

Directions

Make the soup base

  1. Fill a large Dutch kettle with 2 quarts of water.

  2. Add sausage (cut into 3-inch pieces) and beans (cut up).

  3. Bring to a boil, lower to medium heat, and cook for about one half hour.

  4. Add diced potatoes and salt, and cook another half hour.

Make the paprika roux

  1. In a small saucepan, melt lard.

  2. Add flour, paprika, pepper, and garlic.

  3. Mix well and cook over medium heat for about 4-5 minutes.

  4. Add this mixture to the soup and mix well.

Finish and serve

  1. Add vinegar and simmer for 5 minutes.

  2. In the cream carton, mix 1 tablespoon flour and a pinch of baking soda.

  3. Add to the soup, bring to a boil, simmer for 5 minutes, and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1068Calories
46 gProtein
34 gFat
141 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Lard1 tbsp (12.8g)115
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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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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. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Green beans + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

  4. Green beans + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together197 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 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

Yellow or green beans
Provide the main vegetable body and texture of the soup.
Sausage
Adds savory fat and smoky meaty flavour to the broth.
Potatoes
Break down slightly to thicken the soup and add starchy body.
Table cream
Adds richness and a smooth, creamy body to the soup.
Flour
Thickens the soup by binding with fat and liquid.
Paprika
Contributes sweet, earthy colour and aroma when cooked in fat.

The step that matters

Cooking the flour and paprika in lard. Cooking flour in fat for several minutes removes its raw taste and lets it thicken smoothly. Paprika can scorch and turn bitter over high heat, so keep the heat at medium and stir constantly.

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, potato, flour, pepper, garlic, vinegar):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, potato, flour, pepper, garlic, vinegar. 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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