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Sage & Prosciutto Pork with Rich Mushroom Ragout

Cooking fillets of pork in prosciutto parcels not only protects them from drying out in the oven, but also adds a delicious saltiness

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Sage & Prosciutto Pork with Rich Mushroom Ragout

Why it works: Shallot and chestnut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 52 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Sage & Prosciutto Pork with Rich Mushroom Ragout

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

482Calories
32 gProtein
28 gFat
22 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Porcininot in our table0
Chestnutnot 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. Shallot + chestnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Sage + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together887 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Sage + chestnuttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together102 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Shallot + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,982 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Lemon + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,523 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, prosciutto, sage, shallot, mushroom, olive, chestnut):

  1. Avocadofits about as well
  2. Lemonthe original
  3. Cherryfits about as well
  4. Pumpkinfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, prosciutto, sage, shallot, mushroom, olive, chestnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.