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Crown Roast of Pork with Apple, Cranberry and Pecan Stuffing

This recipe makes enough stuffing to fill the cavity of the crown roast plus extra stuffing that can be cooked in a 2-quart baking dish, as instructed below. If desired, you can halve the stuffing recipe.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Crown Roast of Pork with Apple, Cranberry and Pecan Stuffing

Why it works: Pepper and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Crown Roast of Pork with Apple, Cranberry and Pecan Stuffing

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1014Calories
66 gProtein
53 gFat
73 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery Stalks1 stalk (40g)6
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 williamssonoma. 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. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  2. Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Olive + breadtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Olive + celerytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,667 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, pepper, olive, onion, celery, apple, bread):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, pepper, olive, onion, celery, apple, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.