Name: Creamy Broccoli & Cheese Soup
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 onion, peeled and chopped; 1 tbsp olive oil; 4 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed; 1 head of broccoli, stalks trimmed and cut into florets; 1l chicken stock; 250ml single cream; 175g mature cheddar cheese, grated; sea salt and cracked black pepper

Why it works: Onion and potato 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 ↓

Creamy Broccoli & Cheese Soup

Serves 6

Ingredients

1 onion, peeled and chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
4 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 head of broccoli, stalks trimmed and cut into florets
1l chicken stock
250ml single cream
175g mature cheddar cheese, grated
sea salt and cracked black pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

714Calories

48 gProtein

33 gFat

60 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + broccolitop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together910 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Onion + broccolitop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,294 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + broccolitop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,460 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Olive + potatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,458 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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 (onion, olive, potato, chicken, cream, cheddar cheese, pepper):

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Chivefits about as well
Broccolithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, olive, potato, chicken, cream, cheddar cheese, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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