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Pernil Empanadas

Slow roasted pork empanadas.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Pernil Empanadas

Why it works: Olive and cumin are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,853 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Pernil Empanadas

Serves 10
Prep30 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

493Calories
30 gProtein
29 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Empanadanot 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. Olive + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,853 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Onion + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Pepper + cumintop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Olive + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the orange

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

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Orangethe original

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