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Stuffed Saddle of Suckling Pig, Smoky Pomme Purée, Crubeens and a Crispy Pig’s Ear Salad

Crubeens are a traditional Irish pub snack made from cheap cuts of meat. They’re a great way of using up the leftovers from a Sunday roast.

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Why it works: Thyme and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Stuffed Saddle of Suckling Pig, Smoky Pomme Purée, Crubeens and a Crispy Pig’s Ear Salad

Serves 4-6
Prep1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1687Calories
69 gProtein
54 gFat
230 gCarbs

Counts 24 of 32 ingredients. The other 8 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 24 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Livernot in our table0
Puddingnot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Meatnot in our table0
Maltnot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Chicorynot in our table0
Sorrelnot 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. Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Thyme + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together913 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Walnut + parsleytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together865 recipes

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

  4. Parsley + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,588 recipes

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

  5. Walnut + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together849 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, ham, liver, thyme, parsley, oats, mustard):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Chestnutfits about as well
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, ham, liver, thyme, parsley, oats, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.