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Bacon Jam

A caramelized bacon and onion spread, perfect for bread,

By browneyedbaker · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Bacon Jam

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 ↓

Bacon Jam

About 1½ cups
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

279Calories
5 gProtein
4 gFat
59 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Coffeenot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Cidernot 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 browneyedbaker. 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. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Shallot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  5. Onion + shallottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,431 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, clove, garlic, coffee, cider, vinegar, maple syrup):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, clove, garlic, coffee, cider, vinegar, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.