Name: Cream of Celery Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: (4 servings)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1/2 large onion, diced; 1 large potato, peeled and diced; 1 large bunch celery (about 1 lb.), stalks and leaves, chopped; 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock; 1/2 cup dry white wine; 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt; Salt and pepper, to taste

Why it works: Garlic and onion 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 ↓

Cream of Celery Soup

(4 servings)

Prep10 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 large onion, diced
1 large potato, peeled and diced
1 large bunch celery (about 1 lb.), stalks and leaves, chopped
4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

630Calories

54 gProtein

18 gFat

58 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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

By backtoherroots. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Garlic + potatotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Clove + celerytop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,668 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

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 (olive, garlic, onion, potato, celery, chicken, white wine):

Thymefits better
Rosemaryfits better
Parsleyfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, onion, potato, celery, chicken, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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