Name: Basic Tomato Gazpacho Recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds ripe tomatoes , cored and large dice; 1 medium green bell pepper , cored, seeded, and large dice; 1 medium English cucumber , large dice; 1/2 medium red onion , large dice; 1 medium garlic clove , coarsely chopped; 3 cups tomato juice; 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil , plus more for drizzling; 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar , plus more as needed; 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt , plus more as needed; Freshly ground black pepper

Why it works: Onion and garlic 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 ↓

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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 + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Tomato + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,405 recipes

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

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

Swap the clove

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

Thymefits better
Cuminfits better
Oreganofits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, pepper, cucumber, onion, garlic, olive, red wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Basic Tomato Gazpacho Recipe