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Meatloaf Harrell

"Savory, easy-to-make meatloaf. Great main course for cold nights or served as sandwiches! For a cheesy meatloaf, grate pepper jack or colby jack cheese over the top as soon as meatloaf is pulled from the oven. Mozzarella is also very tasty! Or mix all three!"

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Meatloaf Harrell

Why it works: Mustard and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 560 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Meatloaf Harrell

10 servings
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

942Calories
50 gProtein
23 gFat
132 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 16 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Saucenot in our table0
Relishnot 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. Mustard + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together560 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Rosemary + dilltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together57 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Rosemary + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,180 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Pepper + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, sauce, mustard, pepper, rosemary, garlic, dill):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Cinnamonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, sauce, mustard, pepper, rosemary, garlic, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.