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Pepper-Crusted Beef Tenderloin with Chocolate-Port Sauce

"Chocolate and rosemary are the surprise flavors in the delicious sauce accompanying this seared tenderloin."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Pepper-Crusted Beef Tenderloin with Chocolate-Port Sauce

Why it works: Olive and rosemary are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,590 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Pepper-Crusted Beef Tenderloin with Chocolate-Port Sauce

2 steaks
Prep20 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

563Calories
28 gProtein
37 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Port Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,590 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Olive + shallottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Shallot + port winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together380 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Shallot + rosemarytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together101 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the rosemary

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, olive, shallot, port wine, vinegar, chocolate):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. Rosemarythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, olive, shallot, port wine, vinegar, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.