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Smoked Collar of Pork with Broad Beans

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Why it works: Onion and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,242 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Smoked Collar of Pork with Broad Beans

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Soak the meat for 24 hours, then bring to the boil in the same water.

  2. Change the water after half an hour and add vegetables as if for a hot pot.

  3. Cooking time for an average sized collar: 1˝ - 2 hours. Make sure the water does not boil too fast.

  4. Broad Beans: Cut some savoury very finely.

  5. Cube one onion, and some streaky bacon.

  6. Brown lightly in butter, add the beans and some stock.

  7. Season, and add 1 soup spoon of flour.

  8. Cook for a further 20 minutes.

  9. Before serving, add parsley and some double cream.

  10. Category:Luxembourgish Recipes

  11. Category:Luxembourgish Meat Dishes

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

816Calories
18 gProtein
35 gFat
106 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Meatnot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Soupnot 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.

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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 + beanstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,242 recipes

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

  2. Beans + parsleytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,376 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Onion + parsleytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Beans + flourtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,080 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (meat, onion, butter, beans, flour, cream):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Turmericfits about as well
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against meat, onion, butter, beans, flour, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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