Why it works: Cream and asparagus work together. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 838 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Cream of Asparagus Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Strain the asparagus tips.
In a pot, combine cream, water, and salt.
Heat the mixture and serve immediately.
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.
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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.
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Cream + asparagustop 22% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together838 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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What each ingredient does
- Cream
- Adds richness and a smooth, velvety texture to the soup.
- Strained asparagus
- Provides the main asparagus flavor and body to the soup.
“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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