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Broccoli Soup with Cheese Toasties

Use up any leftover cheese - blue, Cheddar, Red Leicester... - in these melty baked sandwiches with soup

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Broccoli Soup with Cheese Toasties

Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Broccoli Soup with Cheese Toasties

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1293Calories
80 gProtein
38 gFat
156 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9

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. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Potato + broccolitop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together910 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Broccoli + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Bread + cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Potato + chickentop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

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

Swap the broccoli

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, chicken, bread, cheese, egg, onion, sauce):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Broccolithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, chicken, bread, cheese, egg, onion, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.