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Sticky Rum & Pineapple Pork

Give your chops the tropical treatment with a deep and sweet marinade of molasses, rum and pineapple juice

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Sticky Rum & Pineapple Pork

Why it works: Clove and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,686 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Sticky Rum & Pineapple Pork

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

619Calories
34 gProtein
16 gFat
82 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Saladnot 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. Clove + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Nutmeg + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Garlic + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Garlic + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, rum, molasses, sauce, clove, nutmeg, thyme):

  1. Allspicefits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, rum, molasses, sauce, clove, nutmeg, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.