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Wilted Red Cabbage with Ham Hock

An easy way to turn leftover ham into a healthy meal. Homemade mayonnaise on red cabbage with no cooking needed.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Wilted Red Cabbage with Ham Hock

Why it works: Mustard and cabbage match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,645 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Wilted Red Cabbage with Ham Hock

Serves 4
Prep1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

532Calories
38 gProtein
36 gFat
14 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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. Mustard + cabbagetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,645 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Pepper + cabbagetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,081 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Mustard + walnuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together849 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, mustard, vinegar, pepper, cabbage, ham):

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  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, mustard, vinegar, pepper, cabbage, ham. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.