Name: Brazil Nut Soup
Ingredients: 1 cup chopped onion 1 1/2 cup finely-sliced celery; 1 1/2 cup finely-sliced celery; 2 cups milk salt cook ground nuts in the water; 1 large cup; 2 hrs; salt

Why it works: Onion and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18,518 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Brazil Nut Soup

Ingredients

Directions

Cook ground nuts in the water for 2 hours.
Add onion and celery, and cook for 15 minutes.
Add the milk, heat, strain, add salt and more milk or water if necessary, reheat.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

199Calories

10 gProtein

8 gFat

23 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Nuts	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Evora Bucknum Perkins. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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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.

Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Celery + nutstop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together169 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Milk + nutstop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together982 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Onion + nutstop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together114 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Onion + milktop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together13,418 recipes

Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

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

What each ingredient does

Brazil nuts: Provide the main body and rich, nutty flavour of the soup.
Milk: Adds creaminess and softness to the soup's texture.
Onion: Contributes savoury sweetness and aroma as it softens during cooking.
Celery: Adds subtle savoury flavour and aroma as it softens in the soup.