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Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Pappardelle

Chicken stock and cream, seasoned with garlic and sage, form a savory sauce for this comforting pasta dish. Round out the meal with a simple green salad and country-style bread.

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Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Pappardelle

Why it works: Shiitake and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 292 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Pappardelle

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

971Calories
78 gProtein
48 gFat
56 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
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. Shiitake + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together292 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,417 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  4. Pepper + sagetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,388 recipes

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

  5. Clove + sagetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together731 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (pork, pepper, olive, shiitake, garlic, sage, chicken):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, pepper, olive, shiitake, garlic, sage, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.