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Alder Wood-Smoked Acorn Squash Soup

"This is a very Pacific NW-American soup that once made, tastes better after a few days in the fridge. Make a lot because the smoking time is an hour to two. This recipe can be cut in half if need be."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Alder Wood-Smoked Acorn Squash Soup

Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Alder Wood-Smoked Acorn Squash Soup

10 servings
Prep30 min
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

480Calories
52 gProtein
20 gFat
22 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Woodnot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Waternot 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 allrecipes. 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. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Cumin + parsleytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together821 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Acorn + cumintop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Cumin + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  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 acorn

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, chicken, cumin, cream, parsley, pepper):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Acornthe original

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