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Pork Tenderloin with Pease Pudding and Baby Carrots

Homemade pease pudding goes perfectly with roast pork tenderloin and fresh pea purée in this light and summery dish.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 30 ingredients
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Why it works: Star anise and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 117 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pork Tenderloin with Pease Pudding and Baby Carrots

Serves 4
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1120Calories
78 gProtein
55 gFat
76 gCarbs

Counts 19 of 26 ingredients. The other 7 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 19 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Waternot in our table0
Rapeseed Oilnot in our table0
Star Anisenot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Pea Shootsnot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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.

By bbcfood. 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. Star anise + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together117 recipes

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

  2. Tarragon + star anisetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together22 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Star anise + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together178 recipes

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

  4. Star anise + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together138 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Coriander + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,297 recipes

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

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, vinegar, sugar, tarragon, star anise, coriander, carrot):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Orangethe original
  4. Cherryfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, vinegar, sugar, tarragon, star anise, coriander, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.