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Broccoli Cheese Soup VII

"A thick rich broccoli soup with a really really cheesy flavor. This can be made in half an hour."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Broccoli and cheese work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 418 recipes mention both. Both carry hexyl acetate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Bring a pan of water to a boil, add the frozen broccoli and cook about 5 minutes until tender, then drain and chop finely.

  2. Dissolve the chicken bouillon cube in a splash of boiling water in a small bowl.

  3. In a saucepan, whisk the flour into a little of the milk until smooth, then whisk in the rest of the milk.

  4. Set the pan over medium heat and stir constantly for about 5 minutes until the mixture begins to thicken.

  5. Stir in the cubed processed cheese a handful at a time until melted and smooth.

  6. Add the dissolved bouillon, heavy cream, chopped broccoli, salt and black pepper, then warm through over low heat for about 5 minutes without letting it boil.

  7. Taste, adjust the seasoning if needed, and serve hot.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Broccoli + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together418 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

  2. Milk + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,424 recipes

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

  3. Milk + chickentop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,387 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  4. Broccoli + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,747 recipes

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

  5. Cheese + chickentop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,935 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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