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Pork Spindle Fillet

A pork fillet rolled with a mushroom, cheese, garlic, parsley, lemon, and tomato paste stuffing, then grilled.

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Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pork Spindle Fillet

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the pork

  1. Pound the thin fillets, salt and baste with tomato paste and pepper.

Make the stuffing

  1. Stew the mushrooms, diced cheese, finely chopped parsley and garlic in butter and some water.

Stuff and cook

  1. Place some of the stuffing on each fillet, roll up, tie with a string and grill.

  2. Serve with French fries and lettuce.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

518Calories
38 gProtein
36 gFat
14 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Mushroom + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Clove + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

What each ingredient does

Pork fillet
Forms the main body of the dish, cooking to a tender, sliceable meat when pounded thin.
Cheese
Melts into the stuffing, adding richness and a creamy texture.
Mushrooms
Release moisture while stewing, adding savory depth to the filling.
Butter
Adds fat and richness, carrying flavor while the stuffing stews.
Tomato paste
Adds concentrated savory flavor and color to the surface of the pork.
Garlic
Adds aroma and pungent flavor to the stuffing.

The step that matters

Rolling and tying the fillets. If the fillets are rolled loosely or unevenly, the stuffing can leak out during grilling and the meat may cook unevenly. Tight, even rolls keep the filling inside and help the pork cook at a uniform rate.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, cheese, mushroom, clove, garlic, tomato, parsley):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits about as well
  3. Plumfits about as well
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, cheese, mushroom, clove, garlic, tomato, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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