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Tenderloin with Spicy Gorgonzola-Pine Nut-Herb Butter

"You can make the butter in advance and just leave it at room temperature to soften as needed."

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Tenderloin with Spicy Gorgonzola-Pine Nut-Herb Butter

Why it works: Thyme and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,340 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Tenderloin with Spicy Gorgonzola-Pine Nut-Herb Butter

8 steaks
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

670Calories
37 gProtein
55 gFat
10 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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 + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,340 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Thyme + clovetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Rosemary + parsleytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together713 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, blue cheese, thyme, rosemary, parsley, pepper, garlic):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Sagefits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, blue cheese, thyme, rosemary, parsley, pepper, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.