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Pork with Cherry Almond Sauce - Gf

Pork chops served with a sauce of cherries, syrup, vinegar, almonds, and spices.

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Why it works: Nutmeg and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Pork with Cherry Almond Sauce - Gf

Timeone minute

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the pork

  1. Fry the pork chops in a sauté pan.

Make the sauce

  1. While the pork chops are frying, combine the cherries, golden syrup, vinegar, salt, pepper and spices.

  2. Bring to boil and boil for one minute.

  3. Add the almonds and pour a third of the sauce over the frying chops.

Serve

  1. Pour the remaining sauce over the chops when serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

576Calories
34 gProtein
17 gFat
73 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cloves1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Syrupnot 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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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. Nutmeg + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Nutmeg + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Almond + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Almond + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

What each ingredient does

Pork chops
Provide the main protein, which browns in the pan and carries the sauce.
Cherries
Add fruity sweetness and tartness that balances the rich pork.
Golden syrup
Adds sweetness and gloss, and helps the sauce thicken as it boils.
Red wine vinegar
Adds acidity that brightens the sauce and cuts through the richness of the pork.
Slivered almonds
Add crunch and nutty flavour to the sauce.

The step that matters

Boil the sauce for one minute. A brief, full boil lets the syrup and cherry juices reduce slightly and thicken. Boiling too long can make the sauce overly sticky or sharp as the vinegar concentrates.

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, syrup, red wine, vinegar, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon):

  1. Chestnutfits better
  2. Almondthe original
  3. Beansfits about as well
  4. Walnutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, syrup, red wine, vinegar, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon. 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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