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Maple Pulled Pork with BBQ-style Beans, Chilli Cornbread and an Apple and Pecan Slaw

Try this all-American dish of slow-cooked pork with three-bean baked beans, chilli cornbread and fancy coleslaw.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 45 ingredients
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Why it works: Cumin and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,866 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Maple Pulled Pork with BBQ-style Beans, Chilli Cornbread and an Apple and Pecan Slaw

Serves 4-6
Prep1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1856Calories
79 gProtein
58 gFat
260 gCarbs

Counts 23 of 28 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 23 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Kidney Bean1/2 cup canned (128g) drained112
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
Cidernot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Chicorynot 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. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

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

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Cumin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,103 recipes

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

  4. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

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 (olive, onion, garlic, cumin, coriander, tomato, cider):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Cinnamonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, garlic, cumin, coriander, tomato, cider. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.