Name: Spiced Pumpkin Soup
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 4 tbsp olive oil; 4 small leeks , trimmed, washed and roughly chopped; 3 large potatoes , diced; 3 garlic cloves , crushed; 2 good-sized butternut squash , peeled, deseeded and cut into 4cm chunks; 2 x 400ml cans coconut milk; 3 lemongrass; chilli shrimps (see recipe, below) or snipped chives, to serve

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Spiced Pumpkin Soup

Serves 10

Prep45 min

Cook55 min

Ingredients

4 tbsp olive oil
4 small leeks , trimmed, washed and roughly chopped
3 large potatoes , diced
3 garlic cloves , crushed
2 good-sized butternut squash , peeled, deseeded and cut into 4cm chunks
2 x 400ml cans coconut milk
3 lemongrass
chilli shrimps (see recipe, below) or snipped chives, to serve

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

716Calories

33 gProtein

41 gFat

60 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemongrass	1 tbsp (6g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Chive	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Pumpkin	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 bbcgoodfood. 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.

Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Butternut squash + coconuttop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together74 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together150 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Garlic + butternut squashtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together476 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, potato, garlic, clove, butternut squash, coconut, milk):

Kalefits better
Chivefits better
Spinachfits better
Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, potato, garlic, clove, butternut squash, coconut, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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