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Spiced Plum Pork Chops

"Pork chops and plums are slow-cooked together. The addition of pineapple juice and spices adds further dimension to the tangy sweetness of the plums."

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Spiced Plum Pork Chops

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Spiced Plum Pork Chops

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook8 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

426Calories
29 gProtein
15 gFat
46 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Plum + pineappletop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together147 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methyl-1-butanol (fusel, malty).

  4. Ginger + nutmegtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Plum + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together513 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, plum, vinegar, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg):

  1. Applefits better
  2. Pearfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, plum, vinegar, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.