Name: Cuban Rotisserie Pork Loin with Peppers and Onions Recipe
Cook time: 4 h 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 12 medium garlic cloves; 1/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice (from about 1 medium orange); 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (from about 2 medium limes); 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons dried oregano; 2 tablespoons kosher salt; 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 (4- to 4-1/2-pound) boneless pork loin; 4 medium red bell peppers , cored, seeded, and halved; 2 medium white onions , quartered; 1 tablespoon olive oil; Kosher salt; Freshly ground black pepper

Why it works: Oregano and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 983 recipes mention both. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Oregano + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together983 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Lime + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,216 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together5,082 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + oreganotop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together291 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, clove, lime, olive, oregano, cumin, pepper):

Avocadobetter flavor fit
Lemonbetter flavor fit
Mangobetter flavor fit
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, clove, lime, olive, oregano, cumin, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

Cuban Rotisserie Pork Loin with Peppers and Onions Recipe