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Almond Soup

A savory soup made with almonds, stock, onion, celery, butter, flour, milk, cream, salt, and pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Fannie Merritt Farmer · From a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg) · 12 ingredients
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Almond Soup

Why it works: Almond and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,673 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Almond Soup

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the almonds

  1. Blanch, chop, and pound almonds in a mortar.

  2. Add water and salt gradually.

Make the soup

  1. Add stock, sliced onion, and celery.

  2. Let simmer one hour.

  3. Rub through a sieve.

  4. Melt butter. Add flour. Pour on gradually the hot liquor.

  5. Add milk, cream, salt, and pepper to taste.

  6. Serve with mock almonds.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

820Calories
23 gProtein
27 gFat
120 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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.

By Fannie Merritt Farmer. 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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Explore the science

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. Almond + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  3. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  4. Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

What each ingredient does

Almonds
Provide the main flavour and body of the soup once pounded and strained.
Butter
Carries fat for flavour and, with flour, forms a roux that thickens the soup.
Flour
Thickens the soup when cooked in butter before the liquid is added.
White stock iii
Forms the main liquid base of the soup.
Milk
Adds creaminess and softness to the finished soup.
Cream
Adds richness and a smooth, silky texture.

The step that matters

Pour on gradually the hot liquor. Adding hot liquid slowly to the butter and flour mixture while stirring keeps the roux smooth; dumping it in at once can cause lumps.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, celery, butter, flour, milk, cream, pepper):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Arrowrootfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, celery, butter, flour, milk, cream, pepper. 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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