Name: Creamy Roasted Sweet Potato Soup Recipe
Yield: 4-6
Ingredients: 3 Tbsp cold pressed extra virgin olive oil; 2 large red onions quartered; 2 Kg/4lbs sweet potato peeled and cut into large rustic chunks; 8 cups vegetable broth; ½ cup to 1 cup raw macadamias soaked for 4-6 hours; whole raw macadamias for garnish; chopped cilantro/coriander to serve

Why it works: Sweet potato and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 304 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Creamy Roasted Sweet Potato Soup Recipe

4-6

Ingredients

3 Tbsp cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
2 large red onions quartered
2 Kg/4lbs sweet potato peeled and cut into large rustic chunks
8 cups vegetable broth
½ cup to 1 cup raw macadamias soaked for 4-6 hours
whole raw macadamias for garnish
chopped cilantro/coriander to serve

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

369Calories

7 gProtein

14 gFat

57 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Macadamia	not in our table	0
Coriander	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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.

Sweet potato + coriandertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together304 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Olive + coriandertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,615 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Olive + sweet potatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together950 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Onion + sweet potatotop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together960 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, sweet potato, coriander):

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Kalefits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, sweet potato, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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