Name: Mustard Glazed Pork with Apple Caesar Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 lean pork escalopes or loin steaks, trimmed of any fat; 1 tbsp Dijon mustard; 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; juice ¼ lemon; 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce; 3 tbsp low-fat natural yogurt; 50g Parmesan cheese, finely grated; 2 apples , unpeeled, cored and thinly sliced; 2 baby romaine lettuces (about 300g/11oz), leaves separated and large ones roughly torn

Why it works: Olive and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,922 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Mustard Glazed Pork with Apple Caesar Salad

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

4 lean pork escalopes or loin steaks, trimmed of any fat
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
juice ¼ lemon
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
3 tbsp low-fat natural yogurt
50g Parmesan cheese, finely grated
2 apples , unpeeled, cored and thinly sliced
2 baby romaine lettuces (about 300g/11oz), leaves separated and large ones roughly torn

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

695Calories

57 gProtein

36 gFat

38 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Romaine Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3

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

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,922 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,950 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Olive + yogurttop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,920 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Olive + parmesan cheesetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,233 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Mustard + lemontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,816 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, mustard, olive, sauce, yogurt, parmesan cheese, apple):

Plumfits better
Avocadofits better
Grapefits better
Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, mustard, olive, sauce, yogurt, parmesan cheese, apple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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