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Cider-cured Pork Chops with Apple & Rocket Salad

Sizzle up these appley pork chops on the barbecue - or if it's raining, just grill or griddle

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Cider-cured Pork Chops with Apple & Rocket Salad

Why it works: Cinnamon and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,189 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Cider-cured Pork Chops with Apple & Rocket Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

531Calories
29 gProtein
28 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cidernot 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. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Cider + appletop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,238 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Cinnamon + appletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Clove + shallottop 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 garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cider, sugar, cinnamon, pork, clove, shallot, apple):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against cider, sugar, cinnamon, pork, clove, shallot, apple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.