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Pork Won Ton in Calla Shape

another fun way to make won ton(pian-sit), which both tastes and looks wonderfully

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Pork and asparagus match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 378 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 20 pieces

Ingredients

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

  • For the filling

Directions

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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. Pork + asparagustop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together378 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Shallot + asparagustop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together137 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Shallot + gingertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together565 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. White wine + vinegartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,123 recipes

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

  5. Shallot + white winetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together834 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, shallot, asparagus, sauce, ginger, white wine, vinegar):

  1. Tarragonbetter flavor fit
  2. Garlicbetter flavor fit
  3. Thymebetter flavor fit
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, shallot, asparagus, sauce, ginger, 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).