Why it works: Lima beans and tomato work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 131 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
Lima Beans and Tomato Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Boil and mash the lima beans through a colander.
Add the mashed lima beans to the tomato soup.
Stir until the soup reaches a creamy consistency.
Use weak broth if desired.
Omit the rice.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Lima beans + tomatotop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together131 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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