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"Twilight" Pork Loin Vampiro Recipe

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By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Orange and thyme work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 442 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

"Twilight" Pork Loin Vampiro Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

352Calories
30 gProtein
14 gFat
26 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
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 chow. 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. Orange + thymetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together442 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Thyme + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Onion + porktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,214 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Thyme + porktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Orange + oniontop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (thyme, onion, pork):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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