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Roast Pork Fillet with Orange, Date, Pomegranate and Herb Salsa Served with Mini Arancine

A salsa made with dates, pomegranate and orange juice is perfect for cutting through the richness of pork. All the more delicious served with fried risotto rice balls with melting cheese hidden within.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 26 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and pepper 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 ↓

Roast Pork Fillet with Orange, Date, Pomegranate and Herb Salsa Served with Mini Arancine

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1506Calories
70 gProtein
49 gFat
194 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 18 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Swiss Chardnot in our table0
Saffronnot in our table0
Buffalonot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot 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 bbcfood. 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. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Orange + pomegranatetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together116 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Parsley + pomegranatetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together83 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 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 dates

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, orange, parsley, pepper, olive, pork, pomegranate):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Datesthe original

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