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Quick Braised Cabbage with Pancetta

If you don't fancy Brussels Sprouts at Christmas opt instead for family-friendly Savoy cabbage

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Quick Braised Cabbage with Pancetta

Why it works: White wine and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,776 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Quick Braised Cabbage with Pancetta

Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

282Calories
35 gProtein
7 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Savoy Cabbage1 cup shredded (89g)22
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0

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.

  1. White wine + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Vinegar + cabbagetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,924 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Sunflower + cabbagetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. White wine + chickentop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,904 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Sunflower + chickentop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together315 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, sugar, white wine, vinegar, chicken):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, sugar, white wine, vinegar, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.