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Pork Brine

"This is a marinade for any cut of pork you may be having. It makes it so juicy you'll ask when you're having pork again!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Pork Brine

Why it works: Mustard and pork are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,445 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Pork Brine

6 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

303Calories
27 gProtein
14 gFat
14 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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.

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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 + porktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,445 recipes

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

  2. Apple cider vinegar + mustardtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together254 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Apple cider vinegar + porktop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together175 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Apple cider vinegar + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together455 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Sugar + mustardtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,424 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple cider vinegar, sugar, pork):

  1. Mustardthe original
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Potatofits less well
  4. Onionfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against apple cider vinegar, sugar, pork. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.