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Cool Cucumber Soup

A chilled cucumber soup made with yogurt, walnuts, fennel or celery, and olive oil, garnished with dill.

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Why it works: Fennel and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Cool Cucumber Soup

Time2 hours

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Peel cucumbers then blend in a food processor with all remaining ingredients except oil.

  2. Add oil slowly while blending.

  3. Chill for 2 hours and garnish with dill.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

298Calories
20 gProtein
17 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4

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. Fennel + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Cucumber + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Cucumber + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together380 recipes

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

  4. Cucumber + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  5. Walnut + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Cucumbers
Provide the main body, fresh flavour and watery moisture of the soup.
Walnuts
Add richness and body, thickening the blended soup with their fats.
Plain yogurt
Adds creaminess and gentle tang, giving the soup a smooth, thick texture.
Olive oil
Adds fat for a silkier mouthfeel and rounder flavour when emulsified into the blend.

The step that matters

Add the oil slowly while blending. Drizzling the oil in slowly lets it emulsify into the yogurt and cucumber mixture, giving a smooth, stable texture instead of a greasy layer floating on top.

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, fennel, yogurt, olive, dill):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, fennel, yogurt, olive, dill. 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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