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Pork Chops with Apples & Creamy Bacon Cheese Grits

In a word: Yum. And that pretty much sums it up. Honestly. I was trying to figure out what to say at the beginning of thi...

By thepioneerwoman · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Pork Chops with Apples & Creamy Bacon Cheese Grits

Why it works: Apple and white wine work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 372 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Pork Chops with Apples & Creamy Bacon Cheese Grits

Serves 6
Prep5 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

644Calories
28 gProtein
39 gFat
41 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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 thepioneerwoman. 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. Apple + white winetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together372 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

  5. Apple + maple syruptop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together272 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, olive, butter, white wine, apple cider vinegar, maple syrup, pepper):

  1. Applethe original
  2. Grapefits about as well
  3. Mangofits about as well
  4. Lemonfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, olive, butter, white wine, apple cider vinegar, maple syrup, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.