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Double-Smoked Ham with Apricot Glaze

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Double-Smoked Ham with Apricot Glaze

Why it works: Ketchup and sauce 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 ↓

Double-Smoked Ham with Apricot Glaze

Makes about 10 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

348Calories
30 gProtein
14 gFat
25 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Apricot1 medium (35g)17
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Syrupnot 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 epicurious. 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. Ketchup + saucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Syrup + saucetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together173 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Syrup + molassestop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together272 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Syrup + ketchuptop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together0 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sauce + molassestop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together280 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the apricot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ham, syrup, ketchup, sauce, molasses):

  1. Raisinfits better
  2. Applefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Apricotthe original

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