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Barbecued Pork with Sage, Lemon & Prosciutto

If the sun's out and the barbie's on - try this super-tasty pork dish with zesty lemon

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Barbecued Pork with Sage, Lemon & Prosciutto

Why it works: Lemon and sage match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 887 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

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Serves 8

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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. Lemon + sagetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together887 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Pork + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together13,848 recipes

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

  3. Sage + porktop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,527 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Lemon + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,197 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Prosciutto + porktop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together310 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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