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Pork Cutlets with Cranberry Wine Sauce

"Pork chops are browned then served in a cranberry and white wine sauce with fresh herbs. This is a quick and easy meal that is suitable for company or a weeknight dinner."

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Why it works: Berry and parsley share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 16 recipes mention both. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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

  1. Pat the pork chops dry and season both sides generously with salt and pepper.

  2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the chops about 4 minutes per side until browned, then transfer to a plate.

  3. Reduce the heat to medium. Add the minced garlic to the skillet and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.

  4. Pour in the dry white wine, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Simmer for about 4 minutes until slightly reduced.

  5. Stir in the whole berry cranberry sauce, sliced sage and chopped thyme. Simmer for about 2 minutes, stirring until smooth.

  6. Return the pork chops and any juices to the skillet. Spoon the sauce over them and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.

  7. Check that the thickest part of the pork reads at least 145°F (63°C). Let the chops rest for 3 minutes before serving.

  8. Stir the chopped parsley into the remaining sauce or sprinkle it over the chops and serve with the cranberry wine sauce spooned on top.

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. Berry + parsleytop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together16 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Berry + cranberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together9,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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 (olive, pork, pepper, white wine, berry, cranberry, sauce):

  1. Thymebetter flavor fit
  2. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  3. Rosemaryabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, pork, pepper, white wine, berry, cranberry, sauce. 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).