Name: Slow-Cooked Mediterranean Stuffed Pork Loin
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 package (12 Oz. Size) Fresh Spinach Leaves (chopped Coarsely); 1 whole Egg, Beaten; 1 whole Small Onion, Diced; 1 teaspoon Greek Oregano; ½ teaspoons Salt; ½ teaspoons Black Pepper; 1-½ cup Feta Cheese Crumbles; 2 Tablespoons Greek Imported Olive Oil; 2 cups Vegetable Stock Low Sodium; 1 whole (3-4 Pound Size) Pork Loin (Boneless); 1 piece (10 Inch Size) Cooking String (To Tie Stuffed Pork Loin)

Why it works: Spinach and oregano match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 286 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

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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.

Spinach + oreganotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together286 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Oregano + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,443 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Spinach + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,971 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Oregano + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,449 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Feta cheese + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,482 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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 (spinach, egg, oregano, pepper, feta cheese, olive, pork):

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Eggplantfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, egg, oregano, pepper, feta cheese, olive, pork. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Feta Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Slow-Cooked Mediterranean Stuffed Pork Loin