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Pork Loin with Caraway Crust

"This roast smells so good in the oven, and is really great thinly sliced for sandwiches the next day."

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Pork Loin with Caraway Crust

Why it works: Thyme and oregano match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 791 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pork Loin with Caraway Crust

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

373Calories
28 gProtein
28 gFat
2 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Caraway Seednot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Thyme + oreganotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together791 recipes

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

  2. Mustard + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together913 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Caraway + thymetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Caraway + oreganotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Mustard + oreganotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together277 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the caraway

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mustard, thyme, oregano, pork):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Sagefits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Carawaythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mustard, thyme, oregano, pork. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.