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Mustard Pomegranate Pork Tenderloin

"A new use for pomegranate juice! Try using fresh pomegranates, de-seeding them, and whirling the arils in a small food processor, and then straining to remove the pith. Fresh pomegranate juice is sweeter than the store-bought in a bottle."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Mustard Pomegranate Pork Tenderloin

Why it works: Pomegranate and orange work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 116 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Mustard Pomegranate Pork Tenderloin

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

517Calories
32 gProtein
16 gFat
66 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Seednot 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. Pomegranate + orangetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together116 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Mustard + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Pomegranate + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together31 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Pomegranate + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together158 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pomegranate, mustard, honey, garlic, pepper, pork):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pomegranate, mustard, honey, garlic, pepper, pork. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.