Name: Pork Loin Braised in Milk
Yield: Makes 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 2-pound boneless pork loin, preferably with a 1/4" layer of fat; 2 teaspoons kosher salt plus more for seasoning; Freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 1/2 cups whole milk; 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 81,283 recipes mention both. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Pork Loin Braised in Milk

Makes 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

1 2-pound boneless pork loin, preferably with a 1/4" layer of fat
2 teaspoons kosher salt plus more for seasoning
Freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups whole milk
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

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By epicurious. 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.

Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Pepper + nutmegtop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together13,015 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pork + milktop 12% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together4,386 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).
Pork + buttertop 13% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together13,933 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Milk + nutmegtop 15% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together14,685 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, pepper, butter, milk):

Thymeabout as good a flavor fit
Sageabout as good a flavor fit
Parsleyabout as good a flavor fit
Nutmegthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, pepper, butter, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

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