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Pomegranate Molasses Barbecue Sauce

"I was sent some pomegranate molasses as a sample to try and loved its sweet and sour, tangy kind of taste. I reckoned that it would work brilliantly in a barbecue sauce -- and our kids agreed. You can use as a barbecue mop in the last 30 minutes of cooking your meat on the barbecue or marinate chicken or other meat in sauce for at least 30 minutes before cooking in oven or on barbecue. Do not grill or bake for longer than 45 minutes, as the sugar syrups and tomato ketchup are likely to burn and make the food taste bitter."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Pomegranate Molasses Barbecue Sauce

Why it works: Sauce and ketchup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,099 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Pomegranate Molasses Barbecue Sauce

0 cup
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

522Calories
10 gProtein
29 gFat
64 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
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.

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. Sauce + ketchuptop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Pomegranate + sunflowertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16 recipes

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

  3. Sunflower + mustardtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together233 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

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

  5. Pomegranate + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together49 recipes

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

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

Swap the pomegranate

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, ketchup, molasses, honey, sunflower, mustard, clove):

  1. Limefits about as well
  2. Pomegranatethe original
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Applefits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, ketchup, molasses, honey, sunflower, mustard, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.