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Ginger Beer & Tangerine Glazed Ham

This warming ginger beer-spiced ham is great for Christmas entertaining as it's simple to prepare ahead of time

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Tangerine and star anise share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 11 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

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Serves 8
Prep20 min

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By bbcgoodfood. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Tangerine + star anisetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Star anise + clovetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together184 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Star anise + gingertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together229 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Onion + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,243 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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tangerine, star anise, ginger, beer, honey, mustard, clove):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  3. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tangerine, star anise, ginger, beer, honey, mustard, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).