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Neck of Pork Rolled

A pork neck rolled with sage and breadcrumbs, then roasted.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Pork and sage are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,527 recipes. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Neck of Pork Rolled

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Bone the neck of pork.

  2. Finely chop the sage.

  3. Mix the chopped sage with well-powdered bread crumbs.

Roll and roast

  1. Cover the meat on both sides with the mixture.

  2. Roll the pork tightly and fasten it securely.

  3. Roast the pork gently.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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. Pork + sagetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,527 recipes

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

  2. Pork + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,371 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  3. Sage + breadtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,778 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

Neck of pork
Forms the main body of the roll and carries the flavour of the dish.
Sage
Adds a herbal, aromatic flavour that complements the pork.
Bread crumbs
Absorb juices and form a coating that helps hold the seasoning on the meat.

The step that matters

Roll the pork tightly and fasten it securely. A loose roll can open during roasting, letting the filling fall out and the meat cook unevenly. Tight, secure rolling keeps the layers together and the shape even.

Swap the sage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, bread):

  1. Marjoramfits about as well
  2. Sagethe original
  3. Thymefits about as well
  4. Garlicfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, bread. 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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