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Sweet Potato and Kale Soup

This sweet, creamy soup is power-packed with nutrients: beta-carotene from the sweet potatoes; calcium minerals, and fiber from the kale. It is strengthening for both the spleen and liver.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and kale share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 42 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Sweet Potato and Kale Soup

Serves 6

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

375Calories
8 gProtein
14 gFat
58 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 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 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.

  1. Shallot + kaletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together42 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Sweet potato + kaletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Shallot + sweet potatotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, shallot, carrot, celery, sweet potato, thyme, kale):

  1. Parsnipfits better
  2. Turnipfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, shallot, carrot, celery, sweet potato, thyme, kale. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.