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Chunky Root Vegetable Soup with Cheesy Pesto Toasts

James Martin's rustic vegetable soup can be blended to give a smooth texture, both versions are complemented by crisp, cheese-topped bread

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Chunky Root Vegetable Soup with Cheesy Pesto Toasts

Why it works: Shallot and leek share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 64 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Chunky Root Vegetable Soup with Cheesy Pesto Toasts

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

929Calories
32 gProtein
73 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Parsnip1/2 cup (78g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Swedenot in our table0

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 + leektop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Leek + parsniptop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Parsnip + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,097 recipes

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

  4. Shallot + parsniptop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together63 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Leek + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,310 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, shallot, clove, white wine, leek, parsnip, carrot):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, shallot, clove, white wine, leek, parsnip, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.