Name: Tomato Soup with Blue Cheese
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 2 tins of cubed tomatoes; 1.5 litres of vegetable stock; 2 tbsp dried herbs provencale; 3 onions sliced into rings; 2 tbsp olive oil; 150 g roquefort or other blue cheese, cut into cubes; 4 slices of whole grain bread, cut into cubes; 100 g grated cheddar or other grated cheese

Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Tomato Soup with Blue Cheese

Serves 6

Ingredients

2 tins of cubed tomatoes
1.5 litres of vegetable stock
2 tbsp dried herbs provencale
3 onions sliced into rings
2 tbsp olive oil
150 g roquefort or other blue cheese, cut into cubes
4 slices of whole grain bread, cut into cubes
100 g grated cheddar or other grated cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

966Calories

35 gProtein

42 gFat

111 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Blue Cheese	1 oz (28g)	100
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22

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.

Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Blue cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together61 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Bread + cheesetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,130 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,633 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 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 (tomato, olive, blue cheese, bread, cheese):

Capsicumfits better
Potatofits about as well
Lettucefits about as well
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, olive, blue cheese, bread, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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