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Sticky Maple Pork with Apples

Pork fillet makes a quick supper and is quite low in fat. Try this dish with crispy onion rice on the side

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Sticky Maple Pork with Apples

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Sticky Maple Pork with Apples

Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

518Calories
28 gProtein
28 gFat
40 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Garlic + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Olive + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Apple + red winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together148 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Pork + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,716 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, olive, garlic, maple syrup, red wine, mustard):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Plumfits better
  3. Pumpkinfits about as well
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, olive, garlic, maple syrup, red wine, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.