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Butternut Squash Soup with Spinach Ravioli

"This wonderful soup has become the newest addition to my family's traditional Thanksgiving dinner. It is hearty and delicious and perfect for banishing winter chill."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Butternut Squash Soup with Spinach Ravioli

Why it works: Nutmeg and butternut squash match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 116 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Butternut Squash Soup with Spinach Ravioli

12 servings
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

541Calories
41 gProtein
31 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Raviolinot 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. Nutmeg + butternut squashtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together116 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Cumin + butternut squashtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together119 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Cumin + nutmegtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together177 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Onion + leektop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,326 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  5. Cumin + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (nutmeg, butter, onion, leek, butternut squash, white wine, chicken):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Cuminthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against nutmeg, butter, onion, leek, butternut squash, white wine, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.