Name: Roasted Pork with Mole Sauce
Ingredients: 1 bone-in pork loin roast, 4 to 5 lb.; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 2 Tbs. olive oil; 1 jar Mexico City or Oaxacan mole base*; 2 cups chicken stock; Chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley for garnish

Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Roasted Pork with Mole Sauce

Ingredients

1 bone-in pork loin roast, 4 to 5 lb.
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
2 Tbs. olive oil
1 jar Mexico City or Oaxacan mole base*
2 cups chicken stock
Chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley for garnish

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

533Calories

58 gProtein

31 gFat

2 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 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.

Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,417 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,649 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + chickentop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,888 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).
Pork + olivetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,716 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, pepper, olive, chicken):

Garlicfits better
Thymefits better
Rosemaryfits better
Parsleythe original

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

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