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Acorn Squash Soup with Ginger, Lime and Cream Recipe

Any sort of squash can be used for this recipe. Use pumpkin, and you'll have pumpkin soup.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Acorn Squash Soup with Ginger, Lime and Cream Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

335Calories
2 gProtein
31 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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 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.

  1. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Ginger + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,620 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Ginger + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Allspice + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together147 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the acorn

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, ginger, coriander, allspice, butter, lime, cream):

  1. Cashew nutfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Acornthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, ginger, coriander, allspice, butter, lime, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.