Name: Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin Recipe
Yield: 3 to 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 (1-pound) pork tenderloin; 4 teaspoons olive oil; 4 to 5 slices thin-cut bacon (about 4 ounces); 2 pounds Pink Lady apples, or other firm, sweet apples; 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more for seasoning the tenderloin; Freshly ground black pepper

Why it works: Pork and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,716 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin Recipe

3 to 4 servings

Ingredients

1 (1-pound) pork tenderloin
4 teaspoons olive oil
4 to 5 slices thin-cut bacon (about 4 ounces)
2 pounds Pink Lady apples, or other firm, sweet apples
1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more for seasoning the tenderloin
Freshly ground black pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

505Calories

31 gProtein

31 gFat

27 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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.

Pork + olivetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,716 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,263 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + appletop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,565 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Pork + appletop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,581 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).
Pork + peppertop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together22,121 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the apple

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

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Lemonfits better
Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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