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Sausage Balls I

"Sage-seasoned sausage balls get dressed up with a nice tangy sauce. Reheat before serving."

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Sausage Balls I

Why it works: Ketchup and sauce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,099 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Sausage Balls I

24 servings
Prep8 hr 45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

530Calories
22 gProtein
34 gFat
32 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork Sausage100g cooked301
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Ketchup + saucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Ketchup + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together260 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Pork + sagetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,527 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Sugar + saucetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

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

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

Swap the sage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, egg, ketchup, vinegar, sugar, sauce):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Allspicefits better
  4. Sagethe original

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