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Pork Rib in Chanterelle Mushroom Gravy

"Quick and easy using very few ingredients. Hardest thing to find are your chanterelle mushrooms. Serve with vegetables or over rice."

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Why it works: Mushroom and pork match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,840 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol, which smells allspice, anise. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, 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. Heat the olive oil and a portion of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season the pork cubes generously with salt and black pepper.

  2. Brown the pork in batches for 4 to 5 minutes, turning, until cooked through to at least 145°F (63°C) in the thickest piece. Rest the pork on a plate for 3 minutes, then set aside.

  3. Melt the remaining butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Add the sliced chanterelles and cook for 4 minutes, stirring, until soft and lightly golden.

  4. Stir in the minced garlic and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.

  5. Sprinkle the flour over the mushrooms and stir constantly for 2 minutes so it cooks without browning.

  6. Gradually stir in the water, scraping up the browned bits from the pan. Simmer for 5 minutes until the gravy thickens.

  7. Return the rested pork and any juices to the skillet. Simmer for 2 minutes to heat through, then adjust the salt and pepper to taste and serve hot.

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. Mushroom + porktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,840 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).

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

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Butter + mushroomtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together12,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Chanterelle + flourtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together32 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Mushroom + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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 (butter, chanterelle, mushroom, olive, pork, flour, pepper):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, chanterelle, mushroom, olive, pork, flour, 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).