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Herby Pork with Apple & Chicory Salad

A healthy crisp salad served with a low-fat cut of herb-crusted pork - a quick supper that's good for you

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Why it works: Apple and chicory work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and 15 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Contains: tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). In a small bowl, mix the wholegrain mustard, honey and half of the chopped tarragon and parsley, then spread it over the trimmed pork tenderloin.

  2. Cover the pork and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

  3. Heat half of the walnut oil in an ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the pork for 2 to 3 minutes per side until browned all over.

  4. Transfer the skillet to the oven and roast for 12 to 15 minutes, until the thickest part reaches 145°F (63°C). Rest the pork for 3 minutes, then slice it.

  5. Whisk the remaining walnut oil, the lemon juice and the remaining herbs together in a large bowl.

  6. Add the sliced apples and chicory leaves to the dressing and toss gently to coat.

  7. Arrange the apple and chicory salad on plates and top with the sliced pork.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Apple + chicorytop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,036 recipes

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

  3. Tarragon + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,259 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Tarragon + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together884 recipes

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

  5. Mustard + tarragontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together573 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, mustard, tarragon, parsley, lemon, honey, apple):

  1. Chickpeaabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Walnutthe original
  3. Beansabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Peasabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, mustard, tarragon, parsley, lemon, honey, apple. 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).