Name: Pork Scallopini with Mushrooms and Marsala Sauce
Ingredients: 1⁄4 cup olive oil, plus more as needed; 1⁄2 lb. white button or cremini mushrooms, cut; into slices 1⁄4 inch thick; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 1 1⁄2 lb. boneless pork loin roast, trimmed of; excess fat and cut into 8 slices; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 3⁄4 cup marsala finishing sauce*; Finely 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 34,122 recipes mention both. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Pork Scallopini with Mushrooms and Marsala Sauce

Ingredients

1⁄4 cup olive oil, plus more as needed
1⁄2 lb. white button or cremini mushrooms, cut
into slices 1⁄4 inch thick
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
1 1⁄2 lb. boneless pork loin roast, trimmed of
excess fat and cut into 8 slices
1 cup all-purpose flour
3⁄4 cup marsala finishing sauce*
Finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley for garnish

Directions

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

Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together9,649 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together4,571 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Mushroom + porktop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together3,875 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).
Olive + porktop 11% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together6,716 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the parsley

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

Thymebetter flavor fit
Garlicabout as good a flavor fit
Capersabout as good a flavor fit
Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, mushroom, pepper, pork, flour, sauce. 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).

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