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Lemon-and Prosciutto-Stuffed Pork Loin Roast with Broccolini

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Why it works: Prosciutto and lemon work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and 148 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 8 to 10 servings

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By epicurious. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Prosciutto + lemontop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together148 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Pork + chickentop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,375 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  3. Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Olive + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,796 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

  5. Lemon + white winetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,764 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, prosciutto, lemon, pepper, olive, chicken, white wine):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, prosciutto, lemon, pepper, olive, chicken, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).