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Pork Tenderloin with Orange Marmalade Glaze

"A lovely pork tenderloin with a hint of orange. Great for a fall night! You can use brown sugar in place of the honey if you prefer."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Pork Tenderloin with Orange Marmalade Glaze

Why it works: Honey and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,586 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Pork Tenderloin with Orange Marmalade Glaze

4 servings
Cook25 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

839Calories
42 gProtein
15 gFat
129 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Waternot 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. Honey + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,586 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Vinegar + garlictop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Orange + honeytop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,068 recipes

    Shared aroma: pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Garlic + porktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Vinegar + porktop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, honey, vinegar, garlic, pork):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Grapefits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, honey, vinegar, garlic, pork. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.