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Macaroni and Vegetable Soup

A hearty soup of macaroni, tomatoes, bacon, and assorted vegetables simmered together.

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Why it works: Garlic and onion 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 ↓

Macaroni and Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Clean, peel and chop all vegetables, keep separately.

  2. Remove the bacon rind and chop in cubes.

Make the soup

  1. Heat some oil, fry the onions, garlic and bacon.

  2. Continue cooking for 5 minutes.

  3. Add the marrow, eggplant and green pepper.

  4. Continue frying for another 10 minutes.

  5. Add the tomatoes, parsley, salt and pepper.

  6. Cook for further 15 minutes.

Serve

  1. Mix with cooked macaroni and serve hot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

367Calories
12 gProtein
18 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Macaroninot 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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Garlic + eggplanttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together801 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Macaroni
Provides the starch body that makes the dish a filling, hearty meal.
Bacon
Its rendered fat adds savoury flavour for frying the vegetables.
Tomatoes
Add moisture and acidity that build the sauce base of the soup.
Onion
Softens and sweetens as it fries, forming the flavour base.
Garlic
Adds aroma that deepens as it cooks gently in the oil.
Eggplant
Breaks down during cooking, giving the soup body and a soft texture.

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, garlic, onion, pepper, parsley, eggplant, olive):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, garlic, onion, pepper, parsley, eggplant, olive. 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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