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Carolina Roasted Pork Tenderloin Calzone with Feta

Feta cheese pairs perfectly with the honey mustard flavor of this BBQ sauce. You could substitute goat cheese for the feta. You can use any BBQ sauce, but I prefer Trader Joe’s Carolina BBQ Sauce.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Carolina Roasted Pork Tenderloin Calzone with Feta

Why it works: Feta cheese and cheddar cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 40 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Carolina Roasted Pork Tenderloin Calzone with Feta

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

579Calories
42 gProtein
44 gFat
3 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0
Wheatnot in our table0
Pizzanot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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. Feta cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together40 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

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

  3. Pork + cheddar cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Cheddar cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,436 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Feta cheese + oreganotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together359 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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