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Roast Pork Belly with Star Anise Plum Sauce

There are very few roasting meats that feed 10 people for less than £15, but this is one of them

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and star anise match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 178 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 10

Ingredients

Contains: soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Coriander + star anisetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together178 recipes

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

  2. Fennel + star anisetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together88 recipes

    Shared aroma: cis-anethole (anise).

  3. Star anise + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together312 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Coriander + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,504 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the coriander

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, pork, fennel, star anise, ginger, plum, cinnamon):

  1. Clovebetter flavor fit
  2. Cardamombetter flavor fit
  3. Nutmegabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Corianderthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, pork, fennel, star anise, ginger, plum, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).