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Pork Chops with Basil and Marsala

"Pork chops are dredged in flour and garlic salt, browned, and baked with basil and Marsala wine."

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Why it works: Basil and wine work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 936 recipes mention both. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr 5 min

Ingredients

Contains: wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and set out an oven-safe skillet.

  2. Mix the flour, garlic salt, dried basil, salt and pepper on a plate. Pat the pork chops dry and coat both sides in the flour mixture.

  3. Heat the olive oil in the skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the chops for about 3 minutes per side, then move them to a plate.

  4. Pour the Marsala wine into the skillet and simmer for 2 minutes, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom.

  5. Return the chops to the skillet and spoon the sauce over them. Add a splash of water if the sauce gets too thick. Cover and bake for 35 minutes.

  6. Check that the thickest part of the chops reaches at least 145°F (63°C). Rest for 3 minutes, then spoon the pan sauce over the chops and serve.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Basil + winetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together936 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Basil + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,292 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Garlic + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,868 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Garlic + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, pork, olive, basil, wine, pepper):

  1. Thymebetter flavor fit
  2. Rosemarybetter flavor fit
  3. Oreganoabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, pork, olive, basil, wine, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).