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Chunky Sweetcorn, Haddock & Potato Soup

Serve up a satisfying meal in a bowl with this sumptuous smoked fish soup

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Why it works: Potato and haddock work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 171 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, fish (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. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the chopped bacon and cook for 4 minutes, stirring, until lightly crisp.

  2. Add the chopped onion and cook for 4 minutes until softened.

  3. Add the diced potatoes and the vegetable stock. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a gentle simmer and cook for 8 minutes until the potatoes are nearly tender.

  4. Add the sweetcorn kernels and simmer for 2 minutes.

  5. Lay the smoked haddock pieces into the soup, cover and simmer gently for 3 minutes until the fish is opaque, flakes easily and reaches 145°F (63°C).

  6. Reduce the heat to low, stir in the double cream and warm through for 1 minute without boiling. Stir in the chopped parsley and serve hot.

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. Potato + haddocktop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Onion + potatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,019 recipes

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

  3. Potato + parsleytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,855 recipes

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

  4. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

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

  5. Haddock + creamtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together181 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, potato, sweetcorn, haddock, cream):

  1. Garlicbetter flavor fit
  2. Thymeabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Parsleythe original
  4. Celeryabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, potato, sweetcorn, haddock, cream. 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).