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Creamy Smoked Salmon, Leek & Potato Soup

Creamy and low-fat aren't words you often hear together, but that's exactly what you get with this freeze-ahead starter

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Creamy Smoked Salmon, Leek & Potato Soup

Why it works: Leek and chive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Creamy Smoked Salmon, Leek & Potato Soup

Serves 8
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

734Calories
57 gProtein
34 gFat
48 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Smoked Salmon100g cooked208
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1

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. Leek + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

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

  2. Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together611 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Leek + potatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30 recipes

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

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

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

  5. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, leek, chicken, cream, salmon, chive):

  1. Shallotfits about as well
  2. Asparagusfits about as well
  3. Potatothe original
  4. Onionfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, leek, chicken, cream, salmon, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.