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Mustard and Rosemary Barbecue Sauce

Mustard has an affinity for grilled poultry, seafood and even pork chops. Here, whole-grain mustard provides the main flavor, but it is mellowed by Dijon mustard and accented by rosemary, white wine, green onion and garlic. This sauce goes together quickly, can be easily doubled and keeps well in the refrigerator. To prevent foods from scorching, apply the sauce only during the last 10 minutes of grilling. If the sauce is in direct contact with the heat for longer, it may burn.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Mustard and Rosemary Barbecue Sauce

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

Mustard and Rosemary Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

268Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
31 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Rosemary + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together845 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Rosemary + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,590 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Rosemary + clovetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together519 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rosemary, lemon, garlic, clove, mustard, white wine, olive):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rosemary, lemon, garlic, clove, mustard, white wine, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.