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Sausages with Wine Gravy

A fast wintery meal, ideal if you're too busy wrapping presents to think about cooking

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Sausages with Wine Gravy

Why it works: Sweet potato and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 108 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Sausages with Wine Gravy

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

667Calories
19 gProtein
39 gFat
56 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork Sausage100g cooked301
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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. Sweet potato + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together108 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

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

  3. Mustard + green beanstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together116 recipes

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

  4. White wine + buttertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Pork + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,214 recipes

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

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

Swap the sweet potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, onion, white wine, mustard, butter, green beans):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Sweet potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, onion, white wine, mustard, butter, green beans. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.