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Tuscan Pork Stir-Fry

"Inspired by the fresh, simple ingredients of Tuscany, this quick-to-prepare dish uses Italian-styled tomatoes, seasoned with basil, for a light sauce that complements the subtle flavor of pork tenderloin."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Tuscan Pork Stir-Fry

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 29,058 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Tuscan Pork Stir-Fry

5 servings

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, olive, onion, mushroom, tomato, basil, garlic):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Eggplantbetter flavor fit
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, olive, onion, mushroom, tomato, basil, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).