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Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin Recipe

Juicy pork tenderloin meets crispy bacon and savory-sweet apples. Simple enough for a weeknight, but impressive enough for a dinner party.This recipe was featured...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Olive and sage match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,138 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin Recipe

3 to 4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

601Calories
37 gProtein
39 gFat
26 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
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.

By chow. 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. Olive + sagetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,138 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Pork + blue cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together130 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  3. Apple + blue cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together40 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Apple + sagetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together755 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Pork + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,716 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the sage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, olive, apple, blue cheese):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Celeryfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Sagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, olive, apple, blue cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.