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Slow-cooked Belly of Middle White Pork with Puy Lentils

A regular on the menu at chef Tom Kerridge’s gastropub, The Hand and Flowers in Buckinghamshire.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Slow-cooked Belly of Middle White Pork with Puy Lentils

Why it works: Shallot and lentils share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Slow-cooked Belly of Middle White Pork with Puy Lentils

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1045Calories
88 gProtein
58 gFat
33 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Lentil1/2 cup cooked (99g)115
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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 + lentilstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,417 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  3. Garlic + lentilstop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together633 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Shallot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, white wine, vinegar, shallot, garlic, lentils, chicken):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, white wine, vinegar, shallot, garlic, lentils, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.