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Spinach-and-Mushroom-Stuffed Pork Chops

"Pork chops are stuffed with a spinach, mushroom, tart cherry, and Parmesan mixture, then browned in butter and baked for a delicious dinner that's perfect for a special occasion."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Spinach-and-Mushroom-Stuffed Pork Chops

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 ↓

Spinach-and-Mushroom-Stuffed Pork Chops

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook55 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

716Calories
44 gProtein
34 gFat
65 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
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 allrecipes. 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. Garlic + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

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

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 (butter, onion, garlic, mushroom, spinach, thyme, pepper):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Marjoramfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, garlic, mushroom, spinach, thyme, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.