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Summer Veg-box Soup

You can mix and match any green veg that you have around. Spinach, cabbage or green beans would all work in this

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Peas and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 949 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat a splash of olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the chopped spring onions, including the green parts, and cook for 2 minutes until softened.

  2. Add the diced courgette and cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until it starts to soften at the edges.

  3. Pour in the stock and bring to a boil. Add the orzo and simmer for 8 minutes, stirring now and then, until the orzo is nearly tender.

  4. Add the peas and broad beans, frozen or fresh, and simmer for 2 minutes until heated through and bright green.

  5. Take the pan off the heat and let the soup stand for 2 minutes so the orzo finishes softening.

  6. Ladle the soup into bowls and serve hot with crusty bread on the side.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Peas + beanstop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together949 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Onion + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,808 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Olive + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,796 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

  4. Olive + beanstop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,080 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Olive + peastop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,778 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, peas, beans, chicken, bread):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Asparagusbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, peas, beans, chicken, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).