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Glazed Ham with Sherry-Orange Dijon Sauce

"A hickory-smoked ham is roasted with a brown sugar glaze and served with a spicy sweet and savory sauce made with orange juice, mustard, and sherry."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Glazed Ham with Sherry-Orange Dijon Sauce

Why it works: Clove and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,686 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Glazed Ham with Sherry-Orange Dijon Sauce

8 servings
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1004Calories
44 gProtein
17 gFat
164 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Saucenot 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.

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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. Clove + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Orange + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,987 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Orange + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,746 recipes

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

  4. Sherry + orangetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together823 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Sugar + saucetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the orange

The recipe marks orange as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, ham, sherry, wine, sauce, clove, nutmeg):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Applefits better
  3. Vanillafits about as well
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, ham, sherry, wine, sauce, clove, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.