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Italian Pork W/spinach

Roast loin of pork with white beans and fennel - a great dinner party dish.

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Why it works: Spinach and pork are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,009 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

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Serves 4

Ingredients

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

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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. Spinach + porktop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,009 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Mushroom + white winetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,704 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Fennel + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together330 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  5. Garlic + spinachtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the chestnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, fennel, carrot, onion, garlic, white wine, vinegar):

  1. Beansbetter flavor fit
  2. Sesamebetter flavor fit
  3. Chickpeabetter flavor fit
  4. Chestnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, fennel, carrot, onion, garlic, white wine, vinegar. 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).