Why it works: Pork and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,563 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓
Lean Pork Pickle
Ingredients
Directions
Add coarse sea salt and vinegar to the lean pork.
Boil the mixture with some of the liquid from the pork to create a pickle for preservation.
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.
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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.
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Pork + vinegartop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,563 recipes
Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
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